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At least 29 killed in road crash in Egypt

At least 29 people were killed and 16 others injured in a multi-vehicle road crash on a highway outside the Egyptian capital on Thursday.

  • Agencies
  • Published: 12:23 February 7, 2008
  • Gulf News

Cairo: At least 29 people were killed and 16 others injured in a multi-vehicle road crash on a highway outside the Egyptian capital on Thursday. Fog was the probable cause, security sources said.

The sources said the collision took place when a bus and a minibus collided southeast of Cairo. At least six other vehicles then crashed into them as fog had lowered visibility on the road.


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