CAIRO – 19 July 2022: 23 people were killed and 30 others were injured as a truck collided into a bus on Cairo-Assiut Road on Tuesday morning, Minya governorate's media adminsitration reported. Ambulances moved to the scene and the deaths and injured people were transferred to Mallawi Specialized Hospital in Upper Egypt’s Minya governorate. Earlier this month, Upper Egypt saw another deadly accident when a bus collided into a truck on Aswan-Abu Simbel Road, killing nine people and wounding 44 others. A car crash in Aswan last month also killed two people and wounded eight others on Edfu-Marsa Alam Road. According to the statistical agency (CAPMAS), Egypt saw a decline in injuries and deaths due to road accidents by almost 29 percent and 9 percent respectively in 2020 compared to 2019.

Source: Egypt Today July 19, 2022 11:56 UTC