7 killed, 3 injured in road accident in Egypt

At least seven people, including a baby, were killed and three others injured today when a car collided with a police vehicle in Egypt's southern governorate of Aswan.
The accident took place when a car carrying six passengers collided with a police vehicle with eight policemen travelling in it.
A tyre of the police vehicle exploded and it collided with the car following which a fire broke out.
Security forces and ambulances rushed to the spot and admitted the three injured to hospital.
Earlier in November, two major accidents took place in Egypt's different governorates killing at least 28 people.

Following the two accidents, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi had assigned a specialist council for community development to devise a complete scheme to minimise road accidents.

The government has again amended the traffic law for the second time in six months putting harsher punishments on violators.
Amendments include a penalty of a minimum one year in prison for driving under the influence of drugs and if a driver injures one or more persons he may get at least two years of imprisonment.
Egypt has one of the world's highest accident rates owing to careless driving and poor road and vehicle conditions.

WHO ranks Egypt as the world's tenth worst country in road accidents after India, China and the US.