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A bus carrying university students crashes, killing 12 and injuring 33 in Egypt’s northeast

A bus carrying university students crashes, killing 12 and injuring 33 in Egypt's northeast | iNFOnews.ca
This is a locator map for Egypt with its capital, Cairo. (AP Photo)

CAIRO (AP) — A bus carrying university students crashed and overturned on a highway in northeastern Egypt, killing 12 people and injuring 33 others, the health ministry said Monday night.

Students from the Suez-based Galala University were on board, returning home using the Ain Sokhna highway, when the accident happened. The ministry didn’t reveal what caused the crash.

The statement said 28 ambulances rushed to the site and transported the injured to the Suez Medical Complex, but didn’t disclose their condition.

Deadly traffic accidents claim thousands of lives every year in Egypt, which has a poor transportation safety record. Speeding, bad roads, and poor enforcement of traffic laws mostly cause the collisions.

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