Seven Die, 13 Hurt when Egyptian Taxi, Truck Collide

Published December 28th, 2000 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Seven people died Thursday when a shared taxi and a truck collided on an Upper Egypt highway, a police source said. 

Among the dead were two girls, aged five and one. 

Thirteen other people were injured, seven of them listed in serious condition at a Cairo hospital, when the taxi and truck crashed into each other near the village of Roda, 280 kilometers (150 miles) south of the capital -- CAIRO (AFP) 

 

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