Two trains collided Sunday in Giza's Al-Ayyat area south of Cairo, killing seven people and injuring 112, Egypt's Health Ministry said.
A train traveling from Giza to Fayoum crashed into the rear of a southbound Cairo-to-Aswan service, derailing several carriages, Egypt's railway authority said, RTÉ reported. The death toll rose from an initial count of four, Xinhua reported.
Investigation
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi directed authorities to conduct an urgent investigation to "hold accountable anyone found to have been negligent." Emergency crews used cranes to clear the wreckage.
Al-Ayyat was the site of Egypt's worst rail disaster, a 2002 train fire that killed more than 370 people. Egypt has spent billions of dollars on new highways and high-speed rail but has yet to overhaul much of its aging rail network.