At least 20 people have been killed after a bus overturned in Egypt while trying to pass a truck.
\nAccording to international media the bus was travelling from Cairo when the accident happened in the province of Assiut, 199 miles (320km) south of the capital, said Assiut governor Essam Saad.
\nBoth vehicles caught fire and photos show rescuers searching the burned-out bus for survivors.
\nThree others were injured and taken to hospital and 25 ambulances were sent to the scene on the Red Sea road, said a statement on the Assiut governate Facebook page.
\nThousands are killed on the roads each year in Egypt, which has a poor transportation safety record. Speeding, bad roads and poor enforcement of traffic laws cause most of the fatalities.
\nIn 2019, more than 3,400 people died in around 10,000 accidents, according to the country’s statistics agency.
\nThe year before, there were over 3,080 deaths and 8,480 car accidents.
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