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Deadly Car Crash in Egypt

Deadly Car Crash in Egypt
Deadly Car Crash in Egypt

Egyptian officials said on Saturday at least 16 people, most of them students, were killed in a car crash involving their bus, a fuel tanker and two other vehicles on a highway north of Cairo.

A security official said the accident took place on Wednesday morning in the northern Delta province of Beheira,Reuters reported

The official said it was raining and the bus hit a hole in the road, causing the fuel truck to rear-end it and igniting a fire. A private car and a trailer subsequently crashed into the two.

A family of three was also among the dead, according to officials. Eighteen people were reported injured.

Egypt’s roads and railroads have a poor safety record and Egyptians have long complained that governments have failed to enforce basic safeguards.

 

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