Dozens injured as train derails near Cairo
Dozens were injured when a passenger train traveling from Cairo to Upper Egypt derailed, with four carriages leaving the tracks near Giza.
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AIDozens of passengers were injured in Egypt when a train traveling from Cairo to Upper Egypt was involved in an accident.
Four carriages of the VIP train No. 2010, which was en route from Cairo to Aswan, derailed.
The incident occurred near the city of Al-Ayyat in Giza Governorate, about 70 kilometers south of Cairo, shortly after the train departed from the main Misr Station at 10 a.m., according to Egyptian media reports.
According to Akhbar Al-Youm, a government official said that the relevant authority has decided to form a specialized technical committee to inspect the site of the derailment in Giza Governorate and determine the causes and circumstances of the incident.