At least four people were killed and nearly 90 injured after two trains collided in Egypt, the Health Ministry says. Several carriages derailed after one train collided with the rear of another between the Kafr Ammar and Al-Raqqa stations in Giza, near the capital Cairo, Egypt’s National Railway Authority said in a statement. Dozens of ambulances were sent to transport the injured to nearby hospitals, while cranes were deployed to remove remains after traffic on the railway was disrupted, Egyptian authorities said. Egypt’s railway system, the oldest in Africa and the Middle East, has a long history of deadly accidents, including when a train lost control as it approached the main Ramses station, causing a fire that killed 25 people. Another in 2017 occurred on the way to Alexandria, when a train derailed and collided head-on with another train, killing more than 40 people. This story has been updated.
