July 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –
At least 25 people have died and more than 30 have been injured this Tuesday after colliding a public bus and a truck in the surroundings of the Egyptian town of Malawi, in the south of the country, without the causes of the incident being known at the moment. .
The bus, which was on its way from Asyut to Cairo with 45 people on board, hit the back of the truck, which was stopped on the shoulder of the North Desert Highway, which connects the provinces of Upper Egypt with the capital. from the country.
Sources quoted by the Egyptian newspaper ‘Al Ahram’ have indicated that the truck had stopped to change one of its wheels, without the authorities having ruled on the matter. Ten ambulances have been dispatched to the area to transport the injured.
Egypt has a high rate of road fatalities, partly due to road conditions and traffic law violations, although the authorities have increased efforts to improve infrastructure and the numbers have fallen in recent years. years.
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