Train crash in Egypt’s Giza province kills four, injures 88, authorities say

Train crash in Egypt’s Giza province kills four, injures 88, authorities say

Open this photo in gallery:People stand at the site of a train collision in al-Ayyat, Egypt, on Sunday.STRINGER/AFP/Getty ImagesTwo passenger trains collided some 76 km south of Cairo on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring 88, Egypt’s health ministry said.The state railway authority said a train travelling from Giza to Fayoum hit the back of another heading from Cairo to Aswan, derailing several carriages.President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered a swift investigation and said anyone found negligent should be held accountable, according to a separate statement.Emergency crews were clearing the wreckage to restore services on the Cairo-Upper Egypt line, the railway authority said, without giving any indication of how long this would take.

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