CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 29 people were killed and 16 others injured in a multi-vehicle road crash on a highway outside the Egyptian capital on Thursday, with fog the probable cause, security sources said.
The sources, speaking on customary condition of anonymity,said the accident happened when a bus and a minibus collidedsoutheast of Cairo, causing a truck carrying bricks to overturnas the driver tried to avoid hitting them.
At least 10 other vehicles then rammed into the accidentscene because fog had lowered visibility on the road and theycould not see the crash. Many of the dead were killed afterthey left their vehicles to check for damage, the sources said.
State news agency MENA put the confirmed death toll fromthe crash at 25, but security sources and witnesses said rescueworkers had extracted 29 bodies after sealing the road toprevent further crashes.
Reckless driving, lax traffic rules and poor roadconditions contribute to many road crashes in Egypt. A seriesof fatal road and rail accidents in recent years has alsotriggered a public outcry over the government's handling oftransport safety.
(Writing by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Catherine Evans)
