{"id":767456,"date":"2019-12-18T12:41:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T12:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/18\/truck-collision-in-egypt-leaves-12-dead-one-injured\/"},"modified":"2019-12-18T12:41:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T12:41:42","slug":"truck-collision-in-egypt-leaves-12-dead-one-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/18\/truck-collision-in-egypt-leaves-12-dead-one-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck collision in Egypt leaves 12 dead, one injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1576672902_887_accident.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-more-body\" data-reactid=\".20b7bzbqb4i.1.e.0.0.0.5.1\"><!--sse--><!-- C-ON- TEXT_CONTENT_START --><\/p>\n<p>Cairo &#8211; Two vehicles collided on Wednesday in northern Egypt, leaving 12 people dead, state Egyptian television reported online.<\/p>\n<p>The collision, which also injured one person, took place in the northern province of Menufia between a lorry and a pick-up truck transporting workers, the report added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p>Fatal road crashes are relatively common in\u00a0Egypt. They\u00a0are often blamed on reckless driving and poor road conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Around 8,480 traffic accidents took place in\u00a0Egypt\u00a0in 2018, down 23.6 per cent against the previous year,\u00a0according to official figures.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".20b7bzbqb4i.0.1d\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {\n                        if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {\n                           n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                        fbq('init', '794201197427829');\n                        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                           <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".20b7bzbqb4i.1.4\">(function(d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\" id=\"facebook-jssdk\" async=\"\" data-reactid=\".20b7bzbqb4i.1.u\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cairo &#8211; Two vehicles collided on Wednesday in northern Egypt, leaving 12 people dead, state Egyptian television reported online. 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