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9 children killed as tricycle plunges into a canal in Egypt
Officials said a steering malfunction caused the tricycle to overturn, and authorities ordered concrete barriers along the canal after the crash killed nine children.
- On Tuesday, a motorized tricycle plunged into a canal in Abu Tig, Assiut, killing nine children and injuring two others as the vehicle overturned while transporting them home from farm work.
- Local media reported that a steering malfunction caused the tricycle to overturn, with the victims aged 10 to 17 returning from work on nearby farms in Assiut.
- Officials transferred the victims to Abu Tig Hospital, located 320 kilometers south of Cairo in Assiut, while photos showed local residents gathering at the canal to assist divers.
- Assiut Gov. Mohamed Elwan announced on Facebook that authorities must implement safety measures, including concrete barriers along the canal sides to prevent future accidents.
- Deadly traffic accidents, often caused by speeding and poor enforcement of traffic laws, claim thousands of lives in Egypt yearly; earlier this year, a truck collision killed 18 people.
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9 children dead in Egypt after motorised tricycle plunges into canal
Relatives waited outside Abu Tig hospital in Egypt's southern Assiut province on Tuesday for the bodies of nine children killed when a motorised tricycle plunged into a canal. The victims were aged between 10 and 17.
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A tragic accident on Tuesday in the south of Egypt left nine children dead and two others injured after the motorized tricycle in which they were travelling fell to a canal in the town of Abu Tig, province of Assiut. According to the first investigations, a fault in the direction of the vehicle would have caused the accident. The accident was recorded on Tuesday in Abu Tig, a town located in the province of Assiut, about 320 kilometres south of …
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