One killed, another wounded in road accidents in Egypt's Sohag

Ahram Online , Thursday 7 Jan 2016

Road and train accidents in Egypt claim the lives of thousands every year

One person was killed and another injured in a traffic collision in southern Egypt late on Wednesday, Ahram Arabic news website reported.

The accident occurred when a pick-up truck travelling in the wrong lane collided with a motorcycle in a village in Sohag, approximately 500 km (300 miles) south of Cairo.

A 50-year-old man, Abdel Aziz Hashem, was killed and his 15-year-old son wounded in the accident.

In Egypt, road accidents claim thousands of lives every year.

Egypt is notorious for its poor road safety, badly maintained infrastructure, and loosely enforced traffic regulations.

Last month, the country's census authority said that over 2800 people were killed in road and train crashes in Egypt in the first half of 2015.

 

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