A truck slammed into several passenger vehicles in Egypt’s Mediterranean province of Alexandria, killing at least 15 people, authorities said Wednesday.
The crash, which happened late Tuesday in Amreya district, west of Alexandria city, also injured eight people, according to a police report, The Associated Press said.
The truck slammed into four microbuses, a type of mass-transit minivan that's popular across Egypt, the report said. One microbus overturned and a second was set ablaze, it said.
Ambulances rushed to the scene of the crash and transported injured people to hospitals, according to local media.
Traffic accidents claim thousands of lives every year in Egypt, which has a poor transportation safety record. Crashes and collisions are often caused by speeding, bad roads or poor enforcement of traffic laws.
In October, a passenger bus slammed into a parked vehicle on a highway linking Alexandria with the capital of Cairo, killing at least 32 people.
Truck Crashes into Passenger Vehicles in Egypt’s Alexandria Leaving 15 Dead
Representation photo: In this photo provided by Assiut Governorate media office, the authorities work on the collision site where a bus overturned, while trying to pass a truck on a highway in southern Egypt on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, near the city of Assiut, Egypt. (Assiut Governorate media office via AP)
Truck Crashes into Passenger Vehicles in Egypt’s Alexandria Leaving 15 Dead
Representation photo: In this photo provided by Assiut Governorate media office, the authorities work on the collision site where a bus overturned, while trying to pass a truck on a highway in southern Egypt on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, near the city of Assiut, Egypt. (Assiut Governorate media office via AP)
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