Seventeen people were killed and 29 injured in a collision between a public bus and a heavy truck on a deserted road in southwestern Egypt, the Health Ministry said on May 4.
The accident occurred on May 3 on the Assuit-Kharga highway, some 400 kilometers southwest of Cairo, in New Valley province, which has a long border with Libya, security and medical sources said.
Twenty-six ambulances were dispatched to the scene to take the injured to hospitals, the Health Ministry said in a statement.
Careless driving, non-compliance with traffic regulations and poor road conditions are the cause of many traffic accidents in Egypt.
Traffic accidents in Egypt killed 7,101 people in 2021, up 15.2% from 2020, the CAPMAS statistics agency said in a report last year.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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