16 Dead Due to Traffic Accident in South Sinai 

The health ministry announced in a statement on Saturday that a bus and a microbus collided on the road between Egypt's Suez and El-Tor, killing 16 people and injuring 18. According to the statement, 13 ambulances went to the accident scene and transported the injured to hospitals in Tor Sinai and Sharm El-Sheikh.

"The injuries included fractures, abrasions, cut wounds, and probable concussion," the statement continued, noting that all of the injured received treatment and essential medical attention.

Many crashes in Egypt are caused by careless driving and bad road conditions. A recent spate of train and road incidents has resulted in the deaths of dozens of people.

Days ago, 45 people were injured in a minibus accident on El Galala Road, south of Suez Governorate. It resulted in no deaths, and the injured were transferred to Suez General Hospital to receive treatment there.

The Suez Ambulance Facility had received a report from two-car drivers that a minibus had overturned on the Galala Road, close to the “Suez-Sukhna” road, near the Abu Al-Daraj gas station.

Some survivors mentioned that the minibus driver tried to overtake a car while traveling at a high speed, hit the concrete barrier, and overturned the minibus.

A medical source at Suez General Hospital said that the injuries were between moderate and simple and that a number of the injured had left the hospital after receiving first aid and treating the effects of the accident.