CAIRO: Not less than 22 folks had been killed and 33 injured in southern Egypt on Tuesday when the bus they had been travelling in smashed right into a parked truck, officers stated.
The bus carrying round 45 passengers crashed into the stationary truck close to the village of al-Barsha, some 300 kilometres (185 miles) south of the capital Cairo in al-Minya governorate.
“The truck was parked on the facet of the highway to alter a tyre when it was hit from behind by the bus travelling from Sohag governorate to Cairo,” a press release from the governorate stated.
Crashes are comparatively widespread in Egypt, the place many roads are in disrepair and visitors rules regularly ignored.
Some 7,000 folks died in highway accidents within the nation in 2020, in keeping with official figures.
The bus carrying round 45 passengers crashed into the stationary truck close to the village of al-Barsha, some 300 kilometres (185 miles) south of the capital Cairo in al-Minya governorate.
“The truck was parked on the facet of the highway to alter a tyre when it was hit from behind by the bus travelling from Sohag governorate to Cairo,” a press release from the governorate stated.
Crashes are comparatively widespread in Egypt, the place many roads are in disrepair and visitors rules regularly ignored.
Some 7,000 folks died in highway accidents within the nation in 2020, in keeping with official figures.