At least 10 people died and 24 others were injured, ten of whom were in critical condition, in a very serious road accident that occurred today, Saturday 31 October in Egypt, on the western outskirts of Cairo. A minibus carrying agricultural workers collided with a truck on the road through Giza province. The dead and injured also include numerous children and adolescents.
The tragedy occurred in the early hours of the morning, at the intersection of the Middle Ring Road, Cairo’s intermediate ring road, and El Dabaa road, near the City of 6 October.
Also on the minibus were children and teenagers heading to work
According to reconstructions in the Egyptian press, the minibus was carrying a group of workers from the Senoures area, in the province of Fayoum. They were headed to a farm to work in the fields.
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Many of the passengers were very young. The Egyptian newspaper Al Shoroukciting a source from the Ministry of Health, reports that 18 minors were among those killed and injured in the accident.
The authorities’ initial checks ascertained that the minibus suffered very serious damage in the impact. According to what was reported by some local media, the vehicle hit a truck stopped on the edge of the road. However, the exact dynamics of the clash remains under investigation.
Rescue services and investigations into the causes of the accident
The Egyptian Ministry of Health announced the dispatch of 20 ambulances to the crash site. The injured were transferred to area hospitals, including the 6th October City Central Hospital and Sheikh Zayed Specialist Hospital.
Ministry spokesperson, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, specified that ten injured people were in unstable clinical conditions, while the other fourteen suffered mild or moderate injuries. The budget remains provisional.
The prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation to reconstruct the circumstances of the accident. Investigators are collecting testimonies, examining surveillance camera images and checking the technical conditions of the vehicles involved. Among the checks ordered are those on the braking systems and the speed of the minibus.
In Egypt almost 6 thousand deaths on the roads in one year
The accident comes just days after another road tragedy. On October 20, still west of Cairo, the collision between a tourist bus and a truck caused 13 deaths and 34 injuries, according to the toll reported by the agency Afp.
In September, in the Sinai Peninsula, a bus was involved in an accident that caused 22 deaths, including ten Jordanian citizens. The latest data from the Egyptian national statistics agency, Capmas, show a worsening of road safety: in 2025, 5,829 people died and another 84,553 were injured in accidents on the country’s roads. Compared to 2024, fatalities increased by 10.8% and injuries by 10.7%.