A multi-car pileup on the Cairo-Alexandria desert road in Egypt has left at least 63 people injured. The crash involved a bus and several other vehicles, some of which caught fire. The injured were transported to nearby hospitals by ambulances. The cause of the accident is still under investigation, but heavy fog on the highway may have played a role. Egypt has a high rate of traffic accidents, often caused by speeding, poor road conditions, and lax traffic law enforcement.
The multi-car pileup, which set some vehicles ablaze, left at least 63 others injured, said the Health Ministry. Ambulances rushed to the scene of the crash on the Cairo-Alexandria desert road to transport the injured to nearby hospitals, it said.
Footage circulating online showed many burned vehicles on the side of the road with firefighters extinguishing the fire. In one footage many vehicles were seen on fire with thick plumes of smoke billowing from them.
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