Two people were killed and eight others wounded on Friday in a road crash in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria, state news agency MENA reported.
The accident occurred on a motorway west of the Mediterranean city when the tire of a microbus exploded, causing the driver to lose control and smash into a lamppost. Two people were killed and seven others, including the driver, wounded in the crash.
Also on Friday, a middle-aged man was wounded in another collision that took place between a truck and a private vehicle some kilometres from the first accident in Alexandria.
Deadly road crashes take place on a near daily basis in Egypt, which is notorious for poor road safety, badly maintained infrastructure, and loosely enforced traffic regulations.
The country's official statistics agency said in December that over 2800 people were killed in road and train crashes in Egypt in the first half of 2015.
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