<span style="color: #222222;">In Egypt, health authorities say about two dozen people, mostly labourers, were killed today when a minibus collided with a truck on a highway in Port Said.<br />''<br />''Officials in a statement said that the minibus, a vehicle widely used in Egypt as communal taxis, was bringing the labourers from a garment factory in Port Said. The city is around 200 kilometres (around 125 miles) north of the capital, Cairo.<br />''<br />''At least 22 people were killed in the crash, which took place on a highway linking the cities of Port Said and Damietta, the statement said. The workers were from Damietta.<br />''<br />''Egypt has a history of serious bus and car crashes because of speeding, careless driving, poor road conditions and poor enforcement of traffic laws.</span><br />
News On AIR | December 29, 2019 8:11 AM
Two dozen killed after minibus, truck collide on Egyptian highway: officials