Two trains collided south of the Egyptian capital on Sunday, derailing several carriages, killing four and injuring dozens, according to the authorities.\n<\/p>\n
Egypt\u2019s railway authority said a train travelling from Giza to Fayoum crashed into the rear of another service heading south from Cairo to the city of Aswan.\n<\/p>\n
The health ministry said an initial count put the toll from the crash at four passengers killed, with 88 others currently being treated for injuries in hospitals around the Giza area.\n<\/p>\n
State-owned media had earlier reported 120 people were wounded, without clarifying the degree of injury.<\/p>\n
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he was following the accident \u201cwith great concern\u201d, and had directed authorities to conduct an urgent investigation to \u201chold accountable anyone found to have been negligent\u201d.<\/p>\n
Emergency crews used cranes to remove the wreckage, the authority said.\n<\/p>\n
Several carriages lay on their side, AFP journalists at the scene reported. One end of a train had crumpled into a mangle of steel, while the end of the other \u2014 spliced open in the impact \u2014 had toppled off the tracks into an adjacent farm.<\/p>\n
First responders and passersby helped lift one of the victims out of the wreckage in a black body bag, AFP images showed.\n<\/p>\n
Authorities said they had launched an investigation into\u00a0the cause of the crash, which occurred in Giza\u2019s Al-Ayyat area, the site of Egypt\u2019s worst-ever rail disaster.\n<\/p>\n
In 2002, more than 370 people were killed when a fire swept through a train carrying holiday travellers south of Cairo.\n<\/p>\n
In 2009, multiple train crashes in the area killed dozens.\n<\/p>\n
Egypt\u2019s 110 million people depend heavily on rail transport, but the network \u2014 one of the largest in Africa \u2014 has suffered repeated deadly accidents.\n<\/p>\n
Over the past decade, Egypt has poured billions of dollars into updating its transport infrastructure, including new highways and high-speed rail lines, but has yet to overhaul much of its ageing rail network.\n<\/p>\n
AFP<\/p>\n
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