Wire reporting: (AFP, via SCMP)

Two passenger trains collided south of Cairo on Sunday, killing four people and injuring 88, Egypt's health ministry said, according to AFP copy carried by SCMP and Arab News and later reporting by The National^1,2,3.

Egypt's railway authority said a train traveling from Giza to Fayoum struck the rear of another heading from Cairo to Aswan, derailing several carriages^1,2,3. AFP copy located the crash in Giza's Al-Ayyat area^1,3. The National said the railway authority placed it between Kafr Ammar and Al Raqqa stations².

An earlier Health Ministry account reported by The National described overturned carriages near the Gerza junction on the Cairo-Aswan route and put injuries at least at 64². The National said 52 ambulances were sent, with 54 people taken to Al Wasta Hospital in Beni Suef and 10 to Al Ayyat Hospital in Giza². Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar ordered hospitals in those governorates to raise preparedness².

State-owned media had earlier reported 120 people wounded, without specifying how serious the injuries were, according to AFP copy^1,3. The health ministry later said 88 people were being treated in hospitals around Giza^1,3.

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said he was following the accident "with great concern" and ordered an urgent investigation to hold accountable anyone found negligent, according to AFP copy^1,3. Emergency crews used cranes to clear wreckage^1,2,3. The National said the railway authority was working to restore traffic on the Cairo-Aswan line².

Authorities said they had opened an inquiry into the cause^1,3. The National noted Egyptian rail accidents are often blamed on human error at level crossings and signal problems². AFP copy said Al-Ayyat was the site of Egypt's worst-ever rail disaster^1,3.