CAIRO, Jul 8 (NNN-MENA) – At least eight people were killed and 44 others wounded early yesterday, when a truck hit a bus, in southern Egypt.
Rescuers rushed to the scene of the accident, at Aswan-Abu Simbel road, and transferred the injured to Aswan Public Hospital, according to the report.
There were 56 passengers onboard the bus, which was travelling from Sudan.
According to Ahmad Mesilhy, an officer with the Aswan Security Directorate, the majority of the victims were Sudanese.
Road accidents are common in Egypt because of shoddy road maintenance and lax enforcement of traffic laws.
In order to lower the number of traffic accidents, Egypt has been upgrading its road network over the past few years, by building new roads and bridges and repairing existing ones.– NNN-MENA
