Collision between 2 trains in Egypt kills 7 and injures at least 125
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AL-AYYAT, Egypt (AP) — Two trains collided Sunday south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing seven people and injuring at least 125, authorities said. The train’s conductor was among those killed. The Health Ministry gave the casualty toll, saying in a statement that over 70 of the injured were discharged after receiving treatment. The crash happened in al-Ayyat district in Giza province, about 52 kilometers south of Cairo, when a train traveling to southwestern Fayoum province crashed into
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[Claude] All three reports describe the same Sunday train collision in Egypt, differing only in injury counts that are consistent with the rising toll, and none names a conflicting location or cause.
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