Cairo.- At least three people lost their lives, including two children aged 2 and 3, and 42 others were injured today after a bus going to a wedding collided with a truck on a highway in southern Egypt, the official news agency reported. Egyptian news MENA.
The accident occurred on the road between the city of Marsa Alam, on the Red Sea coast, and the town of Edfu, in the northeast of Aswan province.
The Aswan Security chief received the information from the Edfu police station about “the collision of the bus on the way to a wedding and another truck, which caused the death of three people, including two children aged 2 and 3, and 42 others were injured, including 6 in serious condition,” explained the MENA note.
“Twelve ambulances immediately rushed to the accident site, and the corpses were transferred to the Edfu morgue, while the injured have been taken to the hospital for necessary treatment.”indicated the source, who concluded that the Prosecutor’s Office has been informed to start the investigation.
In 2021, traffic accidents claimed the lives of 7,101 people, compared to 6,164 deaths in 2020, representing an increase of 15.2%, according to a report by the Egyptian official statistics agency CAPMAS, published in August 2020. last year.
