Egypt minibus crash kills 10 west of Cairo

A minibus crash west of Cairo killed 10 people and injured 24 others on Saturday, Egypt's health ministry said.

The ministry said the minibus collided with a heavy truck on a highway near 6th of October City, in Giza province on the western outskirts of the Egyptian capital.

Officials said 10 of the injured were in critical condition. Health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said the casualty figures were preliminary and that officials were still assessing the situation.

Egypt's state statistics agency says road accidents in the country injure more than 75,000 people each year and kill more than 5,000.