13 killed, 34 injured in bus-truck collision on Egypt's Western Desert Road

A passenger bus travelling from Minya to Cairo has collided with a cement truck on the Cairo–Asyut Western Desert Road, killing 13 people and injuring 34.

• The bus struck a truck carrying about 60 tons of cement at kilometer 55 of the road near Fayoum on Tuesday.
• Injured passengers were taken to October Central Hospital, while the dead were transferred to Fayoum's Senoures and Tamia general hospitals.
• Minya residents held funeral prayers on Wednesday at Al-Qushairi Mosque for Ismail Darwish, 68, one of the crash victims.
• The Evangelical Church of Saft el-Laban announced the death of its sheikh, Nabil Obeid, in the crash and scheduled his funeral for Wednesday noon.
• Some of the deceased were traveling to Cairo for medical treatment when the bus collided with the truck.
• Minya University and a church issued statements mourning a university employee and a Samalut church pastor killed in the crash.