Four people were killed and 88 injured in a train overturn in Egypt

The death toll from a two-train collision in the Al-Ayat area in Giza Governorate, south of Cairo, has risen to four dead and 88 injured, according to an updated preliminary toll announced by the Egyptian Ministry of Health.

Train traffic between Giza and Upper Egypt was halted in both directions following the accident.

The Egyptian National Railway Authority announced that the accident occurred after a train heading from Giza to Fayoum collided with the rear of a train heading from Cairo to Aswan, in the area between the Kafr Ammar and Al-Raqqa stations in Al-Ayat.

The authority said in a statement that the accident resulted in the injury of a number of passengers, and the injured were transferred to the hospital to receive the necessary medical care.

The authority sent emergency teams and cranes to the scene of the incident to remove the effects of the accident and move the rest of the cars, and to quickly restore the movement of trains and their regularity on the Cairo - High Dam line in both directions.

The Egyptian National Railway Authority confirmed the intensification of efforts to quickly implement the work to remove the effects of the accident, which contributes to restoring the regularity of operating traffic according to its normal rates as quickly as possible.

The Ministry of Health said in a statement: “The Minister of Health and Population, Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, is closely following the health repercussions of the overturning accident of a number of passenger train cars, which occurred on the Cairo-Aswan agricultural road in front of the Gerza Junctions in Giza Governorate.”

The Minister directed to raise the level of preparedness in all health facilities in Giza and Beni Suef governorates, and to provide all necessary forms of medical and emergency support to the injured.