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At least 25 killed in Egypt road accident: Officials
At least 25 people were killed, and 23 others were injured when a public transport bus collided with a heavy transport truck on a desert highway in southwestern Egypt on Wednesday, medical and security sources said.
The accident occurred on Assuit-Kharga highway, around 400 km (250 miles) southwest of Cairo, in New Valley province that shares a long border with neighboring Libya, the sources said.
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The scene of a road accident where a bus collided with a heavy transport truck in Egypt. (Supplied)
Seventeen ambulances were dispatched to the scene to ferry the injured to hospitals, state news agency MENA quoted New Valley governor Mohamed el-Zamlout as saying.
It was not immediately clear how the accident occurred.
Authorities banned heavy transport vehicles from driving on the highway from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. following the accident.
Reckless driving, lax traffic rules and poor road conditions cause many road crashes in Egypt.
Egypt’s road accidents left 7,101 people dead in 2021, marking a 15.2 percent increase compared with 2020, the country’s statistics agency CAPMAS said in a report last year.
(With Reuters)
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