The Manfalut Train-bus collision occurred on 17 November 2012 when a school bus, which was carrying about 70 school children between four and six years old, was hit by a train on a rail crossing near Manfalut, Egypt, 350 km (230 miles) south of the Egyptian capital Cairo.

After the crash, a number of people began searching the tracks to find the remains of their children and victims they knew.

[2] Police did not arrive until two hours after the accident, and by the time the first ambulance came, most of the children were dead.

[5] The Egyptian minister of transportation, Mohammad Rashad Al Matini, and the head of the railways authority resigned after the accident.

The crossing worker, who was allegedly asleep, was detained,[5] and Ibrahim El-Zaafrani, the secretary-general of the relief committee of the Arab Doctors Union, said that E£10,000 (about $1,600)[6] will be awarded to families of the dead and E£5,000 (about $800) to families of the injured.