32 dead, 63 injured in Egypt’s auto crash

At least 32 people were confirmed dead in an auto crash in Egypt on Saturday morning.

The country’s Ministry of Health said in a statement that 63 others were injured in the accident which involved several vehicles along the Cairo-Alexandria road, north of the capital.

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The ministry added that many of the victims were burnt to death.

“At least 20 ambulances were sent to the crash site. The wounded were transferred to a hospital in Wadi al-Natrun while others were taken to Al-Nubaria,” the Egyptian Minister of Health, Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, was quoted as saying in the statement.

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