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Microbus accident kills 6 in Egypt

Xinhua, June 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Six people were killed and 13 others injured on Sunday after their microbus overturned at the Katameya/Ain Sokhna road in Suez governorate of Egypt, according to MENA, the country's offcial news agency.

The injured, some of them are in critical condition, were moved to hospital for medical treatment, MENA reported.

Statistisc from Egypt's transportation ministry shows that road accidents in Egypt kill about 10,000 people every year, and over 60 percent of these are related to microbuses. Endit