No fewer than 19 people have been confirmed to have died and six others badly injured after the minibus they were travelling in overturned in northern Egypt’s Nile Delta, the health ministry disclosed on Sunday.
According to the ministry, the minibus had tumbled into a ditch in Dakahlia province, clarifying that Egyptian media outlets reported the accident was caused by a malfunctioning steering wheel, without elaborating.
Africa Today News, New York reports that in recent times, traffic accidents are common in Egypt where roads are often poorly maintained and driving rules flouted.
Africa Today News, New York recalls that sometime in 2021, around 7,000 people were killed on the roads of the Arab world’s most populous country, according to official figures.
In July, 25 people died and 35 were injured in central Egypt when a bus crashed into a truck parked on the side of the road.
In another report, thousands of students at two Montreal area colleges were yesterday forced to go into lockdown following a shooting that sent four people to the hospital and another gun-related incident.
Police spokeswoman Genevieve Major told reporters that at 5:30 pm local time (2230 GMT), gunshots rang out at a park across the street from Montmorency College in the Montreal suburb of Laval.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that no fewer than four people who had been shot sought refuge at the college and were later taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The college, which is attended by nearly 10,000 students and faculty, remained locked down into the evening as police swarmed the area in search of the shooter.
Mayor Stephane Boyer tweeted that a police operation was “underway”, while television footage showed parents of students crowding the roads around the college after they rushed to the scene.