At least two die in Egypt as truck slides off ferry, plunges into Nile

21/5/2024 19:25

        At least six Egyptian women died Tuesday after a vehicle carrying about two dozen people slid off a ferry and plunged into the Nile River just outside Cairo, authorities said.
        
        The accident, which happened in Monshat el-Kanater town in Giza province, also injured nine other passengers, the Health Ministry said in a statement. Giza is one of three provinces forming Greater Cairo.
        
        The ministry said six of the injured were treated at the site while three others were transferred to hospitals. It didn't elaborate on their injuries.
        
        Giza provincial Gov. Ahmed Rashed said the microbus was retrieved from the Nile, and rescue efforts were still underway as of midday Tuesday.