Cairo: Four people were killed and 88 others injured after two trains collided in Egypt’s Giza province on Sunday, November 8, Anadolu Agency reported, citing the Ministry of Health.
The collision occurred in Al-Ayyat district in Giza province, on the outskirts of Cairo, when a train travelling between Giza and Fayoum struck the rear of another train travelling from Cairo to Aswan.
The impact caused a train to derail, while the extent of the damage was not immediately clear.
Emergency teams and cranes were dispatched to the scene to clear the wreckage and restore train services to their normal schedule as soon as possible, the Egyptian Railway Authority said.
The injured were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment, the Egyptian Ministry of Health said.
Last September, a train driver and his assistant were injured after two freight trains collided in the same district.
With inputs from AP.
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Source: The Siasat Daily
