HALF of the 45 passengers of a bus have been killed in a horrific collision with a truck on a highway in Egypt.
The tragic crash happened earlier today in the city of Minya leaving at least 23 people dead and 30 injured.
The injured were transferred to the hospital in the town of Mallawi, about 162 miles south of the capital, Cairo.
Authorities said in a statement the accident happened when a passenger bus heading to Cairo from the city of Sohag hit a stopped trailer truck on Cairo-Assiut Road.
The truck was changing tires on the roadside when the bus hit it in the city of Malawi.
A statement from the governorate said: "The truck was parked on the side of the road to change a tyre when it was hit from behind by the bus travelling from Sohag governorate to Cairo."
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Ambulances rushed to the scene to transfer the injured to Mallawi Specialized Hospital in Minya.
Footage from the scene posted by local authorities showed a bus with heavy damage in the front half apparently from the crash with the back of the truck.
Traffic accidents kill thousands every year in Egypt, which has a poor transportation safety record.
Crashes are mostly caused by speeding, careless driving, bad roads or poor enforcement of traffic laws.
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Earlier this month, another deadly crash cost the lives of nine people and led to the injuries of 44 after a bus collided with a truck on Aswan-Abu Simbel Road, according to Egypt today.
Aswan governorate’s health authorities dispatched more than 20 ambulances to the scene.
In January, at least 16 people were killed and 18 others injured when a microbus collided with a public transportation bus in the Sinai Peninsula.
In April last year, a bus overturned while trying to pass a truck on a highway in the southern province of Assiut, leaving at least 21 people dead and three others injured.
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