CAIRO, July 21 (Xinhua) -- At least two people were killed and 16 injured on Friday when a microbus overturned on a road south of Egypt's capital Cairo, state-run Nile TV reported.
Initial investigations attributed the accident on Fayoum road to the high speed of the driver who lost control of the wheel, the report said.
Most of the traffic accidents in Egypt are caused by speeding, poor maintenance of roads, and lax enforcement of traffic laws, claiming thousands of lives every year.
Over the past few years, Egypt has been upgrading its road network by building new roads and bridges and repairing old ones to reduce traffic accidents. ■