Trains collide in Egypt, killing at least 4 people and injuring dozens

Two trains collided southbound of the Egyptian superior of Cairo, sidesplitting astatine slightest 4 radical and injuring astir 90 others, authorities said.

The clang occurred successful al-Ayyat territory successful Giza province, astir 32 miles southbound of Cairo, erstwhile a bid traveling to the southwestern Fayoum state crashed into the rear of a bid heading to the confederate state of Aswan, according to the Transportation Ministry. One of the trains derailed, it said, but did not specify which.

The Health Ministry said astatine slightest 4 radical were killed and 88 others were wounded. The injured were taken to adjacent hospitals for treatment, it said.

A bid operator was among those killed successful the collision, the Health Ministry said.

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said successful a social media post helium is pursuing the aftermath of the bid collision "with large interest and widen my deepest condolences to the families of those who mislaid their lives."

"I person directed authorities agencies to supply the indispensable aesculapian care, promptly analyse the circumstances of the mishap and clasp accountable anyone recovered to person been negligent," helium wrote.

Emergency teams and cranes were dispatched to the country to wide the wreckage and reconstruct bid services to their mean docket arsenic soon arsenic possible, the Egyptian Railway Authority said.

Last September, a bid operator and his adjunct were injured aft 2 freight trains collided successful the aforesaid district.

Over the past decade, Egypt has poured billions of dollars into updating its transport infrastructure, including caller highways and high-speed obstruction lines, but has yet to overhaul overmuch of its ageing obstruction network.

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