埃及首都以南发生两列火车相撞事故，导致多节车厢脱轨，据当局称，造成7人死亡、100多人受伤。
Two trains collided south of the Egyptian capital on Sunday, derailing several carriages, killing seven people and injuring more than 100 others, according to the authorities.
埃及铁路局称，一列从吉萨开往法尤姆的列车撞上了另一列从开罗开往阿斯旺的南行列车的尾部。
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.
卫生部表示，112人受伤，目前正在吉萨地区周边医院接受治疗。
The health ministry said 112 people were injured and were now being treated in hospitals around the Giza area.
卫生部称，伤情从擦伤、挫伤到四肢、骨盆和脊椎骨折，以及头部和面部裂伤、胸部损伤不等。45名患者经治疗后已出院，另有7人预计稍后出院。
The ministry said the injuries ranged from bruises and abrasions to fractures of the limbs, pelvis and vertebrae, as well as head and facial lacerations and chest injuries. Forty-five patients had been discharged after receiving treatment, while seven others were expected to be released later.
总统阿卜杜勒-法塔赫·塞西表示，他“高度关注”这起事故，并已指示当局进行紧急调查，以“追究任何被发现有过失人员的责任”。
目击者描述了碰撞后混乱的救援情况，村民、首批救援人员和铁路工人争分夺秒营救被困在翻覆车厢内的乘客。
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".Witnesses described chaotic rescue efforts after the collision, as villagers, first responders and railway workers scrambled to reach passengers trapped inside overturned carriages.
31岁的阿卜杜勒·瓦希德·穆罕默德事发时坐在附近的一家咖啡馆里，他说，开往阿斯旺的列车已停下，开往法尤姆的列车撞了上来。“列车在下午1点30分左右翻覆。”
Abdel Wahed Mohamed, 31, who was sitting at a nearby cafe when the collision occurred, said the Aswan-bound train had stopped, when the Fayoum-bound train crashed into it." The train overturned at around 1:30 pm.
“六节车厢翻覆，”他说，并补充说受害者遭受了各种伤害，包括头部伤口和四肢骨折。另一名目击者、25岁的艾哈迈德·穆萨说，救援人员在一节翻覆的车厢下挖掘，以营救被困乘客。“里面有人压在人身上，”他说，并补充说他看到了两名女性遇难者。43岁的塔哈·阿卜杜勒·塔瓦布说，他“看到一个年轻人从火车上下来，抱着他死去的父亲”。
Six carriages overturned," he said, adding that victims suffered a range of injuries, including head wounds and broken limbs. Another witness, Ahmed Moussa, 25, said rescuers dug beneath one overturned carriage to reach trapped passengers." There were people piled on top of each other inside," he said, adding that he saw two women among the dead. Taha Abdel Tawab, 43, said he "saw a young man leaving the train carrying his dead father".AFP journalists saw several passenger carriages strewn across the tracks and surrounding farmland.
法新社记者看到几节客车车厢散落在铁轨和周围的农田上。一节车厢侧卧在铁路路基旁，另一节则被撞击的力量撕开，露出了扭曲的金属、破碎的座椅和乘客的随身物品。—— 重型机械 ——救援人员使用起重机和重型机械扶正翻覆的车厢，救护车将伤员送往附近医院。村民聚集在被封锁的残骸周围，注视着救援行动持续到晚上。
One carriage lay on its side beside the railway embankment, while another had been torn open by the force of the impact, exposing twisted metal, shattered seats and passengers' belongings.- Heavy machinery -Rescue workers used cranes and heavy machinery to right overturned carriages as ambulances ferried the injured to nearby hospitals. Villagers gathered around the cordoned-off wreckage, watching recovery operations continue into the evening.
据当地目击者雷达·卡梅尔·拉比卜说，一名遇难者是附近村庄的居民，他批评该地区交通基础设施不完善导致救援延误。法新社图片显示，首批救援人员和路人帮助将一名遇难者装在黑色尸袋中从残骸中抬出。当局表示，他们已就事故原因展开调查，事故发生在吉萨的阿亚特地区，该地是埃及历史上最严重铁路灾难的发生地。
One victim was a resident of the nearby village, according to local witness Reda Kamel Labib, who criticised rescue delays caused by inadequate transport infrastructure in the area. 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, the site of Egypt's worst-ever rail disaster.
2002年，一场大火吞噬了一列载着度假旅客前往开罗以南的列车，造成370多人死亡。2009年，该地区发生多起列车相撞事故，造成数十人死亡。埃及1.1亿人口严重依赖铁路运输，但作为非洲最大的铁路网络之一，该网络却屡遭致命事故。过去十年里，埃及投入数十亿美元更新交通基础设施，包括新建高速公路和高速铁路，但尚未对其大部分老化的铁路网络进行彻底改造。
In 2002, more than 370 people were killed when a fire swept through a train carrying holiday travellers south of Cairo. In 2009, multiple train crashes in the area killed dozens. Egypt's 110 million people depend heavily on rail transport, but the network one of the largest in Africa has suffered repeated deadly accidents. Over the past decade, Egypt has poured billions of dollars into updating its transport infrastructure, including new highways and high-speed rail lines, but has yet to overhaul much of its ageing rail network.