Egypt Train Collision Toll Rises to 7 Dead and 112 Injured in Giza; 45 of the Injured Discharged
At least seven people were killed and 112 injured after two passenger trains collided in Egypt's Giza Governorate on Sunday, November 8, the country's health ministry said, raising an earlier official toll of four dead and 88 injured.
The Egyptian National Railways Authority said in a statement that one train collided with the rear of another between Kafr Ammar and Al-Raqqa stations in the Al-Ayyat district of Giza, near Cairo, and that several carriages were derailed. Multiple outlets citing the railway authority identified the services as Train No. 134, running from Giza to Faiyum, and Train No. 2010, running from Cairo to Aswan, which was stationary at the time.
Dozens of ambulances were dispatched to transport the injured to nearby hospitals, while cranes were deployed to remove the wreckage after traffic on the railroad was disrupted, Egyptian authorities said. Among the injured, 45 people have been discharged from nearby hospitals after their condition improved, according to the health ministry.
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered an investigation into the Giza collision on Sunday, according to a statement on his official Facebook page, and offered his condolences to those killed. The cause of the collision has not been announced, and prosecutors have opened an investigation into its technical causes.
The Egyptian railway system, the oldest in Africa and the Middle East, has a long history of deadly accidents. In 2019, a train lost control while approaching Cairo's main station in Ramses Square, igniting a fire that killed 25 people. In 2017, a train derailed on the way to Alexandria and collided head-on with another train, killing more than 40 people.
Source: Egypt's Ministry of Health
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