CAIRO — A truck and a pickup truck collided on a freeway in Egypt on Thursday afternoon, killing 18 folks and injuring three others, officers mentioned.
The collision occurred on the 30 June Axis south of Port Stated province, killing the fishermen who had been on the highway in one of many automobiles, based on an announcement from the Labor Ministry. It is unclear how the automobiles collided.
The pickup truck was transporting the fishermen to work at fish farms in Port Stated, a coastal province in northeastern Egypt with an lively fishing business, when the collision occurred round 12:30 p.m. It’s seemingly that they’re natives of the city and district of Matareya in Dakahlia province, based on officers.
Pictures posted on Dakahlia’s governor’s Fb web page confirmed the aftermath of the crash, with a pickup truck crushed between two giant cargo vans and particles scattered throughout the highway.
Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly in an announcement expressed condolences to the households of the victims and ordered that financial help be offered to them. In the meantime, the Port Stated governor visited the crash web site and the injured at native hospitals to make sure site visitors was restored and that survivors had been receiving correct medical care, based on an announcement issued by the governor’s workplace on Fb.
Lethal site visitors accidents declare 1000’s of lives yearly in Egypt, which has a poor transportation security document. Rushing, unhealthy roads and poor enforcement of site visitors legal guidelines are the principle causes behind many of the crashes.
