Five people have been killed in an accident in Cairo involving multiple vehicles, a security source said.
At least seven others were injured in the accident early on Wednesday in the Ethr Al-Nabi area of Old Cairo.
Initial investigations show that the crash was caused by a truck laden with rice sacks speeding down the ring road near the Al-Zahraa district. It ploughed into another truck and then hit another seven vehicles.
Fire fighters arrived to extinguish the resulting fire, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported
Traffic accidents are commonplace in Egypt due to badly maintained roads and poorly enforced traffic laws.
According to a 2012 report by the World Health Organisation, road accidents kill about 12,000 people in Egypt every year.
A recent government report said that 100,000 car accidents took place in Egypt from 2008 to 2012, with 33,000 killed and another 150,000 injured.
On Tuesday, three people were killed and 14 others wounded in an accident on the Cairo-Alexandria motorway in the Nile Delta, state news agency MENA reported.
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