Twenty Egyptians killed in head-on traffic crash

CAIRO, Sep 28 (Reuters) Twenty Egyptians were killed and one injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a minibus in the southern province of Minya today, security sources said.

The minibus driver was trying to overtake the truck on a two-lane road and crashed into a truck coming from the opposite direction, the sources said.

In a separate incident, five people were killed and six injured in the southern city of Sohag when a minibus and a taxi had a head-on collision. Both drivers were among the dead.

A series of deadly transport accidents in recent months in which dozens have died has sparked public anger at what critics call a government failure to enforce safety standards.

REUTERS SP KP1820