Foreign media reports indicate that seven people have died and 125 others have been injured following a collision between two trains in the Cairo area of Egypt.
The Egyptian National Railways (ENR) stated that the accident occurred when a ‘Tahya Misr’ train (service number 134), traveling from Giza to Faiyum, collided with the rear section of another train (number 2010) that was traveling from Cairo to Aswan.
Foreign media further reported that several train carriages derailed as a result of the collision.
Following the incident, Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, stated that authorities are closely monitoring the provision of necessary medical care and other facilities to those injured, and that approximately 75 ambulances have been deployed to transport the victims. He further stated that he has appointed Deputy Minister Amr Kandil to visit the injured passengers receiving treatment in hospitals and to inquire about their well-being and the medical care they are receiving.
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi expressed his condolences to the families of those who died in the train accident and wished a speedy recovery to those who were injured.