Two passenger trains collided south of Cairo.^[1] At least seven people died.^[2] One of the dead was a train conductor.^[3] Egypt's Health Ministry confirmed the casualty counts.^[4] The injured The figures differ. Al-Monitor, carrying Agence France-Presse, reported 112 people injured.^[5] The Associated Press report gave 125.^[6] More than 70 of the injured were released from hospital.^[7] How it happened A Fayoum-bound train struck the rear of a stationary Aswan-bound train.^[8] Six carriages overturned.^[9] The collision was in the al-Ayyat district of Giza province.^[10] The site is about 52 kilometres south of Cairo.^[11] The rescue Local residents helped rescue passengers.^[12] More than 70 ambulances worked at the site.^[13] Rescue workers used cranes and heavy machinery.^[14] The same district Al-Ayyat was the location of Egypt's deadliest rail disaster, in 2002.^[15] The reports differ on that toll as well: one says more than 370 people died in the train fire there, another more than 300.^[16][17] It is not the district's only recent crash. Two freight trains collided there in September.^[18] The record Train accidents are a recurring problem in Egypt.^[19] The railway network faces criticism over poor management and maintenance.^[20] Egypt has spent billions of dollars on transport infrastructure upgrades over the past decade.^[21] The inquiry President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered an urgent investigation.^[22] Prosecutors sent investigators to the scene.^[23]