NEWSROOM (ADV) – At least 10 people were killed and 10 wounded on Thursday when their bus collided with a car in Beheira province in northern Egypt, the official MENA news agency reported.
According to the police, this accident which occurred on a highway is due to reduced visibility in a thick fog.
Egypt has a high rate of road accidents, which claims thousands of lives every year due to lack of highway surveillance systems, poor road maintenance and road traffic laws.
According to official statistics, the number of road accidents in Egypt reached 11,100 in 2017, making about 3,700 dead and 14,000 injured.
Human errors are responsible for about 80% of road accidents in this country.
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