According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),egypt The Health Ministry said that on the 8th, a train collided near Giza, about 20 kilometers southwest of the capital Cairo, killing at least 4 people and injuring 88 others.
The Egyptian Railways Authority said a train heading from Giza to Fayum, a city south of Cairo, collided with another train heading south from Cairo to Aswan. Photographs from the scene showed that several trains had derailed and fallen down the embankment.
Egypt’s Health Ministry said it dispatched at least 72 ambulances to the crash site. Local media reported that a train driver was also among the dead. The Egyptian government said local hospitals were put on “high alert” to deal with the large number of injured patients.
Train services between Giza and Upper Egypt have been suspended, the BBC reported. The accident occurred in Al-Ayyat on the west bank of the Nile River in Giza province. Egyptian railway authorities have dispatched emergency response teams and large cranes to the scene to assist in rescue operations.
Ayyat was also the site of one of the worst rail accidents in Egyptian history. In 2022, more than 370 people died in a fire in a local train.
