Agencies-Gaza post
Over 22 dead, 33 wounded in a road accident in Egypt
Over 22 people were killed and 33 wounded in a car accident Tuesday near the southern Egyptian province of Minya, authorities reported.
The accident occurred early in the morning when a passenger bus hit a stopped truck on a highway connecting the capital of Cairo to the south of the country, local authorities in Minya said in a statement.
Authorities reported in a statement that the truck was changing tires on the side of the road when the bus hit it in the city of Malawi, Minya province, about 220 kilometers (137 miles) south of Cairo.
Ambulances rushed to the scene to transfer the wounded to Minya’s hospitals.
Road accidents kill thousands of people every year in Egypt, which has a poor transport safety record.
Accidents are mainly caused by speeding, bad roads or poor enforcement of traffic laws.
