( CNN ) -- At least 27 people were killed Sunday night when a cargo train slammed into two cars south of Cairo , the state-run Egynews media outlet reported , citing Giza Gov . Ali Abdulrahman . More than 25 other people were injured , Egypt 's head of emergency services told Egynews . It was not immediately clear what led up to the crash . Deadly train crashes are not uncommon in Egypt . In January , train cars filled with Egyptian security force recruits hopped the tracks and crashed in Giza , killing at least 19 people and injuring about 107 others . In November 2012 , 51 died and 17 were injured when a train slammed into a bus in Assiut , a city about 320 kilometers ( about 200 miles ) south of Cairo . And in October 2009 , at least 15 were killed when two trains collided in Al-Ayyat , about 70 kilometers ( about 43 miles ) south of the capital . Dozens hurt in Buenos Aires train wreck .
More than 100 other people are injured . The cause of the accident is not clear . Deadly train accidents are not uncommon in Europe .