Seven dead and over 100 injured in train collision near Giza in Egypt
A deadly rail collision near Giza, Egypt, has left at least seven people dead and more than 100 injured. The Egyptian railway authority reported that a passenger train travelling from Giza to Fayoum slammed into the rear of a stationary train heading from Cairo to Aswan. The crash occurred between Kafr Ammar and Al-Raqqa stations in Al-Ayyat, causing several carriages to derail, overturn, and tumble down an embankment, with at least one car splitting in two. One of the train drivers died in the collision, and the public prosecutor's office cautioned that the death toll may still rise.
Local hospitals were placed on heightened alert as medical teams treated victims for head trauma and bone fractures, according to Health Minister Dr Khaled Abdel Ghaffar. In response to the catastrophe, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi ordered a thorough state investigation to hold any negligent parties accountable. Rail services between Giza and Upper Egypt were halted while cranes cleared the wreckage. The collision took place near the site of Egypt's worst rail disaster in February 2002, which killed over 370 passengers, as well as two fatal crashes in 2009. The repeated safety failures have prompted widespread public calls for the transport minister to resign.
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