Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population confirmed a deadly railway incident unfolded in the vicinity of Giza on Wednesday, when two trains collided, resulting in at least four confirmed fatalities and scores of injured passengers. Emergency response teams have rapidly deployed over 70 ambulances to the crash site, where multiple train carriages were knocked off their tracks in the impact, according to on-site visual footage that shows twisted derailed rail cars and large crowds of bystanders and affected passengers gathered around the wreckage. To deliver timely medical care to the wounded, local health authorities have coordinated three major nearby hospitals to receive and treat the 88 confirmed injured people, with additional medical staff and emergency supplies dispatched to the facilities to handle the surge of patients. Local railway regulatory bodies have already launched an immediate investigation to identify the root cause of the collision, as rescue crews continue to comb through the wreckage to account for all passengers and assess if the casualty toll may rise in subsequent updates.
At least four killed and dozens injured in train collision near Giza in Egypt, health ministry says
