22 people, including children, injured in a road accident

 

CAIRO – 30 July 2021: Twenty-two people, including children, were injured when a school bus belonging to the Evangelical School in Cairo overturned on the Cairo-Mansoura Road, Dakahlia Governorate, on Friday.

 

A number of rescue and firefighting forces, besides ambulances, moved to the scene of the accident, according to a statement issued by the governorate.

 

The statement added that 17 people of the injured have been discharged. Meanwhile, 5 patients, including two children, are still receiving treatment and two others are in intensive care.

 

In October 2020, Egypt’s Cabinet Information Center published an infographic showing a decline in the number of deaths caused by road accidents in Egypt this year, compared to the past year.

 

The cabinet’s infographic explains that Egypt recorded 7,000 death cases in 2020, compared to 12,000 cases in 2019, meaning a 44 percent decrease in the rate.

 

It went on to say that this progress is powered by the state’s steps to develop road and bridge sectors, and adopt road safety measures to reduce the number of injuries and deaths.