Sixteen Killed in Egypt Road Accident

Published April 14th, 2001 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Sixteen people were killed and five others injured on a southern Egyptian highway early Saturday when a minibus crashed into a truck carrying stone slabs, police said. 

The accident occurred near Miniya in Upper Egypt when the minibus tried to overtake a car and collided head-on with the truck travelling in the opposite direction. 

Sixteen of the dead were children, while four others and the minibus driver were injured -- MINIYA, Egypt (AFP) 

 

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