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Collision between 2 trains in Egypt kills 7 and injures at least 125

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 8:37 PM · 1 min read
Collision between 2 trains in Egypt kills 7 and injures at least 125 — Pinecrest Health news

AL-AYYAT, Egypt (AP) — Two trains collided Sunday south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing seven people and injuring at least 125, authorities said. The train’s conductor was among those killed.The Health Ministry gave the casualty toll, saying in a statement that over 70 of the injured were discharged after receiving treatment.The crash happened in al-Ayyat district in Giza province, about 52 kilometers (32 miles) south of Cairo, when a train traveling to southwestern Fayoum province crashed into the rear of a train heading to the southern province of Aswan, according to the Transportation Ministry.The Chief Prosecutor's office said late Sunday its investigators had arrived at the site. An inspection indicated that the crash took place when the Giza-Fayyoum train collided with the last car of the Cairo-Aswan train, which was stationary on the same track and traveling in the same direction, officials said.Train derailments and crashes are common in Egypt, where the railway syste

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