Ten people have been killed and another 24 injured in a collision between a minibus and a heavy truck on a highway west of Cairo, AFP reports, citing the Egyptian Ministry of Health.
The accident occurred on Saturday on the western outskirts of Egypt's capital, near the city of October 6 in Giza Governorate. According to the ministry, ten of the injured are in critical condition.
Ministry of Health spokesperson Hossam Abdel Ghaffar warned that the number of dead and injured may change as authorities continue to assess the aftermath of the crash.
Road traffic accidents remain a serious problem for Egypt. According to the country's official statistics agency, more than 75,000 people sustain injuries every year in accidents, and over 5,000 die. Key causes of such accidents include dangerous driving, poor technical condition of vehicles, and insufficient enforcement of traffic regulations.
Earlier this month, 13 people were killed and 34 injured in a collision between a truck and a tourist bus west of Cairo. Last month, 22 people died in a bus crash in the Sinai Peninsula, including ten tourists from Jordan. In August, at least 18 people, many of them children, were killed in a collision between two pickup trucks carrying seasonal agricultural workers in northern Egypt.
