AMMAN — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday expressed its sincere condolences and sympathy to the government and people of Egypt following a train collision in the Al Ayyat region of Giza governorate.

 

In a statement on Sunday, the ministry Spokesperson Fouad Majali affirmed the Kingdom’s full solidarity with Egypt during this painful time.

 

Majali extended his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wished the injured a speedy recovery.

 

Two trains collided south of the Egyptian capital on Sunday, derailing several carriages, killing four and injuring dozens, according to the authorities, according to AFP.

 

Egypt's railway authority said a train travelling from Giza to Fayoum crashed into the rear of another service heading south from Cairo to the city of Aswan.

 

The health ministry said an initial count put the toll from the crash at four passengers killed, with 88 others currently being treated for injuries in hospitals around the Giza area.

 

State-owned media had earlier reported 120 people were wounded, without clarifying the degree of injury.

 

President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said he was following the accident "with great concern", and had directed authorities to conduct an urgent investigation to "hold accountable anyone found to have been negligent".

 

Emergency crews used cranes to remove the wreckage, the authority said.

 

Several carriages lay on their side, AFP journalists at the scene reported. One end of a train had crumpled into a mangle of steel, while the end of the other -- spliced open in the impact -- had toppled off the tracks into an adjacent farm.

 

First responders and passersby helped lift one of the victims out of the wreckage in a black body bag, AFP images showed.

 

Authorities said they had launched an investigation into the cause of the crash, which occurred in Giza's Al Ayyat area.