A collision between two trains in Egypt’s Giza province killed four people and injured 88, according to figures from the Health Ministry reported by the BBC and the Associated Press, carried by NBC News.
The crash happened on Sunday, 8 November, in the Al-Ayyat district, south of Cairo. Egypt’s railway authority said a train travelling from Giza to Fayoum struck the rear of a train heading from Cairo to Aswan, the BBC reported. The collision sent carriages off the tracks.
The BBC placed the crash between Kafr Ammar and Al-Raqqa stations. The Associated Press reported that the Transportation Ministry said one train derailed, but did not specify which one.
Casualty figures rose as reports developed
An earlier report by The National put the number of injured at 64 and did not report a confirmed death toll at that stage. Later reports citing the Health Ministry gave the toll as four dead and 88 injured. The figures therefore reflect developing reports over the course of Sunday.
The Health Ministry said 72 ambulances were sent to the scene, according to the BBC and NBC News. The injured were taken to nearby hospitals. The BBC reported that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had called for medical care and an investigation into the circumstances of the crash.
Train services between Giza and the Upper Egypt region were suspended, the BBC reported, citing BBC Arabic. Authorities had not announced the cause of the collision or when services would return to normal in the reports available.
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