CAIRO: Egypt s official news agency says 11 people were killed when a public transport bus crashed into a truck.
According to the Middle East News Agency, the accident took place Saturday on a main road of the Nile Delta s Sharqeya province.
MENA cited the head of the province s security department, Hussein Abu Shnaq, as saying the bus was speeding when it crashed into the truck. He said seven others were injured and all are in critical condition.
Egypt has a history of serious bus and car crashes because of speeding, careless driving and poor road conditions. At least 8,000 people were killed in accidents in 2006, the most recent statistics available. -AP
