Alexandria bus accident (photo: Arabic Ahram gate)
Eight Egyptian workers were killed and 22 others were injured after their bus crashed on the international coastal road of Alexandria on Saturday, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.
The bus, which was heading to a factory in Alexandria's Ameriya carrying 30 workers, flipped over and caught fire after one of its tires burst.
According to figures from the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), 14,710 road accidents were recorded in Egypt in 2016, an increase of 1.1 percent from 14,548 in 2015.
In 2016, 5,343 people died and 18,646 were injured in road accidents.
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