Sixteen people died and seven others were injured late on Sunday when three cars collided in Upper Egypt. Two trucks and a microbus collided in Sohag en route to the Red Sea governorate. The injured were transported to Sohag University Hospital, a Sohag governorate statement read. Road accidents, which official statistics say claim 18 lives a day, are commonplace in Egypt due to ill-maintained roads as well as disregard for traffic laws. Last week, 12 were killed when their work bus slipped into Mariotiya river canal in Giza's Haram district. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/126449.aspx