Road accidents kill 27 in Egypt

By Mohamed Mahmoud

CAIRO (AA) - At least 27 people were killed and scores injured in a road crash and a train derailment in Egypt on Wednesday.

The Health Ministry said a passenger minibus collided with a truck in western Egypt.

“Twenty two people were killed and nine others injured in the crash,” the ministry said in a statement.

Meanwhile, five people were killed when a train went off the tracks near the capital Cairo.

The ministry said 27 people were also injured in the accident in the al-Ayat area, west of Cairo.

Egypt has the Middle East's highest road fatality rate, according to figures issued by the state-run Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

Around 25,000 people were killed and injured in road accidents in Egypt in 2015, CAPMAS said.