16 Killed In Egypt Road Accident 

Cairo: At least 16 people were killed and nine others wounded on Saturday in a collision of several cars in a desert road near Assuit province in Egypt, said an official.

A truck crashed with a private car which in turn caused the three more collisions in Assuit-Red Sea road, Xinhua reported quoting General Gamal Shoker, the chief of Assuit Security Directorate. The dead included four children and five women, he added, saying the wounded were admitted to Assuit Public Hospital.

In 2016, at least 14,710 traffic accidents killed about 5,343 Egyptians and injured 18,646 others, with 72 per cent of accidents due to human error, 18.2 due to technical problems of vehicles and 3.1 due to road problems, according to a report from Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. Road accidents are common in Egypt due to lack of highway monitoring systems, poor road maintenance and violation of traffic rules. (IANS)