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9 Dead, 11 injured in car accident in Egyptian governorate of Fayoum

By Ahram Online

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Monday ,28 April 2014

9 Dead, 11 injured in car accident in Egyptian governorate of Fayoum
Nine people died and 11 were injured in a road accident on Sunday in Egypt's Fayoum governorate, 130 km southwest of Cairo, Al-Ahram's Arabic news website reported.
 
The accident happened when six cars and a motorcycle collided in front of Fayoum Spinning Factory on the Fayoum-Beni Suef Road.
 
Traffic accidents are a top cause of death in Egypt.
 
From 2008 to 2012, over 30,000 people were killed and another 150,000 injured in car accidents that numbered 100,000, according to a report released earlier this month by the ministries of interior and transportation.