22 killed in Egypt traffic accident
Twenty-two people, including two infants, were killed today in Egypt in a crash involving a bus, a truck and two cars.
Police said a bus travelling from Cairo to the southern province of Assiut collided with a truck. The two vehicles were then hit by two cars going in opposite directions.
Thirty-eight people were wounded.
The accident occurred at dawn six miles from Minya, about 140 miles south of the capital.
Most of the dead were burned in the flames, officers said, and only five of the 22 bodies have been identified.
They included the two infants, who were aged one month and five months. Five injured children were rushed to hospital.
Car accidents are common in Egypt because of poor roads and lack of traffic controls. Police officials estimate that about 6,000 people die each year in traffic accidents in the country.
