3 killed, 46 injured in road accident in Upper Egypt

Ahram Online , Friday 14 Aug 2015

The accident took place due to a collision between a bus and a trailer

Three people were killed and 46 injured in a traffic accident on Friday morning in Assiut governorate, reported state news agency MENA.

According to MENA, the accident took place on the Sohag-Red Sea highway when a bus collided with a trailer.

According to figures by Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), a total of 14,403 road accidents in the country in 2014 led to the death of 6,226 people and the injury of 24,154 others.

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