Four Killed including a Child in Road Accident in Southwest Egypt

Four people, including a child, were killed on Sunday when a microbus collided with a car on a highway in Egypt’s southwest, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

Another five people were injured and referred to a nearby hospital.

The highway links the southern city of Assiut to the western oasis of Kharga.

Road accidents are commonplace in Egypt due to ill-maintained roads as well as a disregard for traffic laws.

Over 6,000 were killed and 24,000 injured in road accidents in 2014, Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) recorded in their latest report.

Source: Ahram Online