Four people were killed and 88 others injured in a collision between two passenger trains in Egypt's Giza province, according to the country's health ministry. The accident occurred on Sunday, November 8, between Kafr Ammar and Er Raqqa stations on the Cairo-Aswan railway line in El Ayyat district. According to Egypt's National Railways Administration, Tahya Masr No. 134, a train traveling from Giza to El Fah, crashed into the back of a 2010 train traveling from Cairo to Aswan. Several wagons went off the rails. 72 ambulances were dispatched to the scene. The victims were taken to hospitals in El Vasta, El Ayat, and Etfih. According to the Ministry of Health, 49 people were hospitalized in El Vasta, 29 in El Ayat, and 10 others in Etfih. The bodies of the four victims were found at the scene of the accident and in medical facilities. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah as Sisi ordered the victims to provide necessary medical assistance and promptly investigate the causes of the accident. He also demanded that everyone who was found guilty be held accountable. Railroad services sent emergency brigades and heavy equipment to the scene of the collision to clean up the lines. Train traffic in this area has been disrupted. Authorities have arranged for passengers to be transported by alternative means of transportation.
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Four people killed and 88 injured in two train collisions in Egypt

Source: KARTSIQ