Egypt road accident claims 11 members of one family

AFP, March, 2008

CAIRO (AFP) — Eleven members of a single family were killed and another 16 seriously injured on Saturday in a road accident in Egypt, the official MENA news agency reported.

It said the vehicle carrying the victims was driving at "a crazy speed" on the highway linking Cairo and the northern port city of Alexandria when it collided with two oncoming trucks.

The injured, all of whom where gravely hurt, were taken to hospital, MENA added.

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