Minibus-Truck Crash Kills 10, Injures 24 in Egypt

A minibus-truck collision near Cairo, Egypt, has killed 10 people and injured 24 others on Saturday, according to the country’s health ministry.

According to an AFP report, the crash occurred on a highway near 6th of October City in Giza province, west of the Egyptian capital.

The ministry said 10 of the injured victims were in critical condition. However, health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said the casualty figures were preliminary as officials continued to assess the situation.

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Egypt Health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar — Egypt Health Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar. Credit: Ahram Online.

The accident is the latest in a series of fatal road crashes in Egypt, where traffic accidents remain a major public safety concern. Reckless driving, poor vehicle maintenance and weak enforcement of traffic laws are often blamed for such incidents.

According to Egypt’s state statistics agency, road accidents injure more than 75,000 people and kill over 5,000 annually.

Earlier this month, a truck struck a tourist bus west of Cairo, killing 13 people and injuring 34 others. Last month, a bus crash in the Sinai Peninsula killed 22 people, including 10 Jordanian tourists.

In August, at least 18 people, many of them children, died in northern Egypt when two pick-up trucks carrying agricultural day labourers collided.

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