CAIRO, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 people were killed Tuesday in a collision between a microbus and a truck in southern Egyptian province of Beni Suef, a source from the Health Ministry told Xinhua.
The bricks-laden truck collided head-on with the microbus running at full tilt near Sanour tunnel on the eastern desert road of Beni Suef, about 120 km south of the capital Cairo, the source said on condition of anonymity.
Ambulances rushed to the scene and carried nine bodies to the nearest hospitals, he added.
Road accidents claim about 13,600 lives every year in Egypt, according to official reports.
Lack of highway monitoring systems, poor road maintenance and negligence of traffic rules are believed to be the main causes of the high rate of road accidents in Egypt.
