Cairo, May 4 (BNA): Medical and security sources said that 14 people were killed and 25 others injured when a public transport bus collided with a heavy truck on a desert road in southwestern Egypt today, Wednesday.
The sources said the accident took place on the Assiut-Kharga highway, about 400 kilometers southwest of Cairo, in the New Valley governorate, which shares a long border with neighboring Libya.
The official Middle East News Agency quoted the Governor of the New Valley, Muhammad al-Zamlot, as saying that 17 ambulances were dispatched to the scene of the accident to transport the injured to hospitals.
It was not immediately clear how the accident occurred.
Reckless driving, lax traffic rules and poor road conditions cause many road accidents in Egypt.
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics said in a report last year that road accidents in Egypt left 7,101 dead in 2021, an increase of 15.2% compared to 2020.
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