Bus collides with cement truck on Western Desert Road, killing 12

A passenger bus traveling from Minya struck a cement truck on the Western Desert Road near Fayoum, killing 12 people and injuring 30.

• The bus hit a truck carrying 60 tonnes of cement at kilometre 55 of the Western Desert Road near Fayoum shortly before 8 a.m.
• The Health Ministry reported 12 dead and 30 injured, including a 10-year-old boy en route for cancer treatment.
• The truck driver fled the scene, and the public prosecution ordered an engineering appraisal and a search for him.
• Survivor Romani said the truck driver repeatedly crowded the bus and cut it off on the highway before the collision.