18 Egyptian students killed in road accident

AFP, April, 2007

CAIRO (AFP) — At least 18 Egyptian students were killed in a head-on collision between two trucks south of Cairo while on their way to school on Wednesday.

Another eight students, all between 15 and 16 years old, were injured in the early morning accident that took place on the desert highway between Cairo and the southern city of Assiut.

According to the interior ministry, a truck carrying sand swerved into the oncoming lane to pass another car and then struck a pickup truck ...