Cairo court acquits defendant in fatal hit-and-run of "Samer" girl

The Cairo Misdemeanor Court accepted the objection to the absentee conviction and re-acquitted the defendant in the fatal Obour market crash.

• The court accepted the defendant's objection and acquitted him, overturning the three-year absentee sentence for negligent killing.
• The prosecution had charged the defendant under case 7458 of 2025 with causing the death of a girl and injuries to two others.
• The crash occurred when a car struck a motorcycle carrying the victim, her brother, and her sister's husband on the road to Obour market.
• The court referred the civil lawsuit to the public prosecution.