A bus went down in a canal in Egypt’s Nile Delta region on Saturday, killing at least 21 people, the country’s ministry said.
Dr. Sherif Makeen, a fitness ministry official, said three young men were among the dead.
In a statement, the ministry said the crash occurred in Dakahlia province, about a hundred kilometers (62 miles) northeast of the capital, Cairo. The other injured passengers were transported to a local hospital.
The province’s police investigations chief, Brigadier Mohamed Abdel Hadi, said the motive force had possibly lost the vehicle’s guide wheel.
Fatal road traffic injuries kill thousands of people each year in Egypt, which has a poor shipping protection record. Accidents and collisions are basically caused by speeding, bad roads or poor enforcement of traffic laws.
In July, a passenger bus rammed a tow truck parked on a road in the southern province of Minya, killing another 23 people and injuring 30. In October, a truck rammed a minibus in Dakahlia, killing at least 10 other people, the government said. .