12 killed in trucks collision near Egyptian capital
The accident occurred when a truck carrying 17 workers on its way to a factory in October City crashed with another one
At least 12 people were killed on Tuesday in a trucks collision in Giza Province west of the Egyptian capital Cairo, state-run Ahram newspaper reported.
The accident occurred when a truck carrying 17 workers on its way to a factory in October City crashed with another one, Ahram said on its website.
Road accidents in Egypt killed 3,087 and wounded 12,000 in 2018, according to a recent report of Egypt's statistics authority.
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Another report of the World Health Organization said the accidents in Egypt caused an estimated loss of 30 billion Egyptian pounds (1.8 billion U.S. dollars) in 2018.
