CAIRO -Five people were killed and 12 others injured on Wednesday in two car crashes on the Agricultural Road and the Desert Road in el-Beheira Governorate, the official Middle East News Agency reports. The first crash happened when a car flew off the Agricultural Road and into the canal next to it, leaving three people dead and 12 injured. The second accident occurred on the Desert Road in the same governorate, when the tyre of a car exploded, causing it to crash into a vehicle parked beside the road. The accident left two people dead. The injured were swiftly hospitalised and the prosecution has launched investigations into both accidents.