At least seven dead in train collision near Cairo

Seven people were killed and more than 100 injured when a train bound for Fayoum province struck the rear of a stationary train heading to Aswan in al-Ayyat district, Giza province, about 30 miles south of Cairo, officials said. The Egyptian railway authority dispatched emergency teams and cranes to clear the wreckage and restore service as quickly as possible.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi posted on social media that he had ordered a prompt investigation into the crash. Local resident Ayman Gamal described how bystanders rushed to the scene, rescued survivors and called ambulances, noting that around 80 injured passengers were taken to hospitals. Some passengers were trapped inside a carriage of the stationary train and died, he added. The incident follows previous collisions in the same district, including a September freight-train crash that injured a driver and his assistant. Egypt’s deadliest railway disaster occurred in 2002, when a fire on an overnight train killed more than 300 people.