64 people were injured as a result of a train collision in Egypt

- 64 people were injured as a result of a collision between two trains in Giza Governorate, on Sunday, while the authorities sent emergency teams and cranes to the site of the accident, after a number of passenger cars overturned. The Egyptian Ministry of Health said, in a statement, “According to the latest data, 52 ambulances participated in the transport and evacuation operations, while the total number of injured people reached 64, 54 of whom were transferred to Al-Wasta Hospital, and 10 to Al-Ayyat Hospital.”

The Minister of Health, Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, directed to raise the level of preparedness in all health facilities in Giza and Beni Suef governorates. For its part, the Egyptian National Railway Authority explained that the collision occurred between train No. 134, Long Live Egypt (Giza - Fayoum), and the rear of train No. 2010 (Cairo - Aswan), in the area between the Kafr Ammar and Al-Raqqa stations in Giza Governorate.

The authority said that emergency teams and cranes were dispatched to the accident site to remove the effects of the collision and move the rest of the vehicles, while intensifying efforts to complete the necessary work as quickly as possible, Al-Ahram Gate website reported.