12 killed in traffic accident in southern Egypt

At least 12 people were killed on Wednesday in a collision
between a microbus and a truck on the Aswan-Cairo agriculture road
in southern Egypt, Trend reports citing Xinhua.

The truck crushed the microbus on which all the passengers were
killed, Mohamed Al-Dikhily, manager of Aswan Ambulance Authority,
told Xinhua.

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 people 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.