Egypt.. 22 dead and 33 injured in a terrible traffic accident

22 people were killed and 33 others were injured in a traffic accident that occurred in Minya Governorate, southern Egypt, early Tuesday morning.

The accident occurred after a mass transit bus collided from behind with a transport vehicle with a trailer on the eastern desert road in front of the 93rd kilometer in Mallawi, according to the Minya Governorate's page on the social networking site "Facebook".

Preliminary data on the accident indicate that the transport vehicle was parked on the side of the road to change a tire and was hit from behind by a bus that was coming from Sohag Governorate, on its way to Cairo.

Follow our latest local and sports news and the latest political and economic developments via Google news