Microbus carrying Fayoum child workers crashes, killing 12

A microbus ferrying child laborers from Fayoum villages crashed into a stationary trailer near 6th of October on Saturday, killing 12.

• The crash at the Middle Ring Road–Dabaa Road junction on Saturday killed 10, injured 24, with the toll rising to 12 by Sunday.
• Families and witnesses said the microbus carried up to ten children per seat as the driver, named Tawba, sped to avoid the toll.
• Prosecutors ordered a forensic examination of the bodies and a drug test on the detained microbus driver.
• Egypt's financial regulator directed the compulsory insurance pool to pay 100,000 pounds compensation per death.