A traffic accident at the Al-Ain Al-Sokhna-Suez road on Wednesday left seven people dead and 16 injured. The Director of the Suez Security Directorate Mohammed al-Alfi was notified by road security forces that a bus coming from Zaqaziq city had turned over on the Al-Ain Shokhna-Suez road. Hifnawy added that operations room in the Public Suez Hospital was opened, and added that the death toll contained two children. In a June 2020 report on traffic accidents, the agency added that the number of car accident deaths rose to 3,484 in 2019 – an increase of 12.9 percent. According to the minister, road accident deaths fell five percent in 2018/2019 and 44 percent in 2019/2020.

Source: Egypt Independent March 10, 2021 08:37 UTC