CAIRO, Aug 11 (NNN-MENA) – At least 12 people were killed yesterday, in a collision between a microbus and a truck, on the Aswan-Cairo agriculture road, in southern Egypt.
The truck crushed the microbus, on which all the passengers were killed, Mohamed Al-Dikhily, manager of Aswan Ambulance Authority, said.
The high speed of the microbus driver was behind the accident, he noted.
“Thirteen ambulances rushed to the scene of the accident, to take the injured to the Aswan Public Hospital, and the dead were transferred to the morgue,” he added.
Road accidents are common in Egypt because of poorly maintained road infrastructure and loosely enforced traffic regulations.
Over the past few years, Egypt has been upgrading its road network, building new roads and bridges, and repairing old ones to reduce traffic accidents.– NNN-MENA
