Train crash near Cairo leaves at least seven dead and over 112 injured
At least seven people were killed and more than 112 injured when two passenger trains collided on Sunday in Egypt's Giza province, according to the country's Health Ministry. The accident occurred in the al-Ayyat district outside Cairo when a train traveling between Giza and Fayoum struck the rear of another train heading south on the Cairo-to-Aswan route. The force of the impact derailed several carriages from the Cairo-Aswan train, overturning them onto an adjacent countryside road.
More than 70 ambulances were dispatched to the scene to treat casualties and transport the wounded to nearby hospitals. Egyptian National Railways deployed emergency rescue teams and heavy cranes to clear the wreckage and restore regular rail operations as soon as possible.
The collision underscores persistent infrastructure challenges across Egypt's rail network, one of the largest in Africa, which serves a population of 110 million heavily dependent on train travel. The al-Ayyat district has witnessed severe rail disasters in the past, including a 2002 train fire that claimed over 370 lives and multiple crashes in 2009. Although Egypt has invested billions of dollars over the past decade to construct new highways and high-speed rail lines, significant portions of its conventional railway services remain dated and in urgent need of modernization.
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