- Six people died on Tuesday when a vehicle carrying around 24 passengers slipped from a ferry and fell into the Nile near Cairo.
- The incident occurred in the town of Monshat el-Kanater, located in Giza province.
- Nine other passengers were injured, six were treated at the scene and three were transferred to hospital.
At least six Egyptian women died Tuesday after a vehicle carrying about two dozen people slid off a ferry and plunged into the Nile just outside Cairo, authorities said.
The accident, which occurred in the town of Monshat el-Kanater in Giza province, also injured nine other passengers, the Health Ministry said in a statement. Giza is one of the three provinces forming Greater Cairo.
The ministry said six of the injured were treated at the scene while three others were transferred to hospitals. It did not give details of their injuries.
6 KILLED IN EGYPTIAN ACCIDENT INVOLVING VAN AND MINIBUS NEAR CITY OF ISMAILIA
Giza provincial governor Ahmed Rashed said the microbus had been recovered from the Nile and rescue operations were still underway as of midday Tuesday.
This photo taken on November 26, 2019 shows a view of the Nile in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. At least six Egyptian women died Tuesday after a vehicle carrying about two dozen people slid off a ferry and plunged into the Nile just outside Cairo, authorities said. (AMIR MAKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.
According to state-run daily Akhbar, around two dozen passengers, mostly women, were in the vehicle heading to work when the accident occurred.
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Ferry, railway and road accidents are common in Egypt, mainly due to poor maintenance and lack of regulation. In February, a ferry carrying day laborers sank in the Nile at Giza, killing at least 10 of the 15 people on board.