Road Accident in Egypt: Deadly bus crash with truck kills 14, injures 25

At least 14 people were killed and 25 others were injured after a bus collided with a heavy transport truck on a desert highway in southwestern Egypt on Wednesday.

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The accident occurred on Assuit-Kharga highway, around 400 km (250 miles) southwest of Cairo, in New Valley province that shares a long border with neighbouring Libya, according to Reuters.

Seventeen ambulances were dispatched to the scene to ferry the injured to hospitals, state news agency MENA quoted New Valley governor Mohamed el-Zamlout as saying.

A local daily, el-Shorouk, quoted an unnamed official as saying that the bus slammed into the truck which was "nearly parking" on the road. It reported that the bus was carrying 45 people heading to the capital, Cairo.

Deadly traffic accidents claim thousands of lives every year in Egypt, which has a poor transportation safety record. The collisions are mostly caused by speeding, bad roads or poor enforcement of traffic laws.