Authorities reported that an automobile accident on Tuesday near the southern province of Minya, Egypt, resulted in at least 22 fatalities and 33 injuries.
According to a statement from the local government in Minya, the early-morning collision occurred when a passenger bus struck a stopped truck on a route between Cairo, the nation’s capital, and the south of the country.
In a statement, the authorities said that the truck was changing tires on the side of the road when the bus struck it in Malawi, a city in the Minya governorate, about 220 kilometers (137 miles) south of Cairo.
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When the injured needed to be sent to Minya hospitals, ambulances sped to the scene.
Egypt, which has a dismal track record for transportation safety, has thousands of fatal traffic accidents every year. Speeding, poor road conditions, or lax traffic enforcement are the main causes of collisions.
