The horrific accident that occurred on a bus belonging to Galala University is preoccupying public opinion in Egypt, especially with the large number of victims, the details of which are beginning to become clear as part of the ongoing investigations.
The Egyptian Ministry of Health revealed that 8 people injured as a result of a horrific traffic accident involving a bus in the Suez Governorate, east of Cairo, are in intensive care rooms, while local reports indicated that the cause of the accident was “excessive speed” without the presence of any external factor.
The Ministry issued a statement on Monday in which it explained that the intensive care rooms received 8 critically injured cases, while there were 25 other cases, ranging from fractures and various abrasions to the body, in a stable condition.
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Posted by Egyptian Ministry of Health and Populationon Monday, October 14, 2024
As I mentioned local reports, The overturning accident of the tourist bus belonging to Galala University, which resulted in the deaths of 12 people, was due to “excessive speed,” as the driver lost control of the steering wheel on one of the dangerous curves.
Security investigations also revealed that the bus was not accompanied by any other vehicles, which means that there were no other external factors that caused the accident, according to Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper.
Local media, including the official Al-Ahram newspaper, reported that the incident involved students from Galala University, located in the city of the same name, which is one of the government’s national projects in the Suez Governorate.
The incident came one day after a train accident in Minya Governorate in Upper Egypt, which caused the death of one person and injury of 21 others, according to the Ministry of Health.
“Amputation of the railway system”…an official Egyptian statement after the Minya accident
The Ministry of Transport in Egypt issued a statement, on Sunday, regarding the accident of a tractor colliding with the back of a sleeper train coming from Aswan (south of the country) towards the capital, Cairo, which occurred in Minya Governorate and resulted in the death of at least one person.
The Egyptian Ministry of Transport said in a statement on Sunday that the accident occurred as a result of a tractor colliding with the back of a sleeper train coming from Aswan (south of the country) towards the capital, Cairo.
The Minister of Transport and Industry, Kamel Al-Wazir, confirmed that those responsible for the accident, whether they were drivers, tower observers, operating engineers, or the head of the region, will be referred to the Public Prosecution to investigate them and hold them accountable, with the aim of imposing severe penalties on them “that are proportionate to the severity of the crime they committed.” , according to his expression.
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics said in its 2022 report that road accidents left 7,101 people dead in Egypt in 2021, an increase of 15.2 percent over 2020, according to Reuters.