12 people killed in deadly road accident in Egypt

Workers remove the wreckage of a car at the site of a road accident near the town of Al-Saff in Cairo’s northern Giza province, some 40 kilometres North of the capital, on March 26, 2020 [KHALED KAMEL/AFP via Getty Images]

At least 12 people, including children, were killed in a deadly road accident in eastern Egypt on Sunday, according to local media.

The state-run MENA news agency, citing an official with the ambulance authority, said a passenger bus overturned on the Cairo-Suez desert highway near the city canal city of Suez.

MENA said 34 other passengers were injured in the accident.

Egyptian authorities are yet to issue an official statement on the accident.

Traffic accidents are frequent in Egypt due to the recklessness of drivers and disrespect of traffic regulations, according to Egypt’s state statistics agency CAPMAS.

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