Nineteen people were injured in two separate road traffic accidents on Sunday, one in Sharqiya governorate and the other in North Sinai, with no deaths reported.
In the first incident, fifteen people were injured on Sunday morning in a collision between a microbus and a privately owned car on the Hehia-Zagazig road, with injuries ranging from bruising to broken bones.
Dr Assam Farhat, director of emergency management for the Sharqiya governorate health authority, told Al-Masry Al-Youm that 12 people have been transported to Hehia Central Hospital and the remaining three to the Liberal Teaching Hospital for treatment.
In a separate incident, a policeman and three conscripts were injured on Sunday when an armored vehicle overturned on the coastal international road in North Sinai governorate.
The five casualties were transferred to Arish Military Hospital for treatment.
North Sinai security services were notified about the accident, which occurred west of Arish. As yet, there has been no official explanation for the cause of the crash.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
