Eight people were killed and seven others were injured Wednesday morning as two microbuses collided with a truck on the Atfih road east of Giza governorate, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported. Deadly road accidents take place on a near-daily basis in Egypt, which is notorious for poor road safety conditions, badly maintained infrastructure and loosely enforced traffic regulations.
In 2015, a total 14,548 road accidents were recorded by Egypt's official statistics agency.