Six people were killed and 37 wounded when a passenger bus flipped over on a highway near Egypt's Beni Suif, the latest in near daily road accidents that plague Egypt's streets and highways.

The accident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday when a 52-seat public bus hit a camel crossing a road near Upper Egypt's Beni Suif governorate, 100 km (62 miles) south of Cairo, state news agency MENA said.

The driver apparently lost control of the vehicle, causing it to overturn.

Thirty-three ambulances were dispatched to the site of the crash and victims were rushed to nearby hospitals.

Traffic accidents claim around 12,000 lives a year in Egypt, according to the World Health Organization. Crashes are often blamed on reckless driving, poor infrastructure, and loosely enforced traffic regulations.

On Tuesday, seven people were killed in a road collision in Sharqiya, north of Cairo.