Thirteen people died and thirty-four others sustained injuries when a heavy truck collided with a tour bus west of Cairo on Tuesday. State media reported the casualties on the Cairo-Asyut Western Desert Road.
The Al-Ahram newspaper confirmed the death toll and the number of wounded passengers. Authorities dispatched emergency personnel to the corridor to manage the scene and clear blocked lanes.
A crane hoisted the heavily damaged tour vehicle. The entire front section of the bus was ripped off, leaving mangled steel, shattered fragments and personal items behind.
Passenger seats were scattered across the roadside near the impact point. Remnants of the bus stayed visible on the rear structure of the truck.
Medical personnel admitted the injured victims to a hospital in Giza for urgent treatment. Local authorities opened an investigation to determine the cause of the crash.
Traffic collisions occur frequently throughout Egypt. Investigators often attribute these tragedies to reckless driving, deficient vehicle maintenance and lax enforcement of traffic laws.
Official figures from Egypt’s state statistics agency indicate that nearly 6,000 people died in traffic incidents nationwide last year.
Deadly transport accidents have repeatedly struck the country in recent months. A bus crash in the Sinai region killed twenty-two people, including ten Jordanian tourists, earlier.
Another collision in northern Egypt during August claimed the lives of at least eighteen people, many of whom were children working as agricultural day-laborers in pick-up trucks.
