Fifteen people died and six were injured in a high-speed road crash between a bus and a truck near Minya governorate, south of Cairo, security and medical sources said on Friday. The crash happened on Friday morning on the highway between Cairo and Minya, and the casualties were taken to hospital in Minya. A security source said that speed was to blame. Road accidents are common in Egypt due to reckless driving, lax traffic rules and poor road conditions.