At least seven people were killed and 112 others injured when two trains collided in Egypt on Sunday, the Egyptian Health Ministry said.
Several carriages were derailed after one train collided with the rear of another between Kafr Ammar and Al-Raqqa stations in Giza, near the capital Cairo, the Egyptian National Railway Authority said in a statement.
Dozens of ambulances were dispatched to transport the injured to nearby hospitals, while cranes were deployed to remove debris after traffic on the railway was disrupted, Egyptian authorities said.
Among the dozens injured in the collision, 45 people were able to leave nearby hospitals after their condition improved, according to the Health Ministry.
Egypt’s railway system, the oldest in Africa and the Middle East, has a long history of fatal accidents.
In 2019, a train lost control as it approached Cairo’s main station, Ramses Square, sparking a fire that killed 25 people. Another accident occurred in 2017 on the route to Alexandria, when a train derailed and collided head-on with another train, killing more than 40 people.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday ordered an investigation into the Giza collision, according to a statement posted on his official Facebook page. He also offered his “sincere condolences” to those killed.
This story has been updated.
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