<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">At least 22 people were killed and 33 injured in a car crash on Tuesday near Egypt’s southern province of Minya, authorities said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The crash took place in the early morning when a passenger bus hit a stopped truck on a highway linking the capital of Cairo to the country’s south, local authorities in Minya said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Authorities said in a statement the truck was changing tires on the roadside when the bus hit it in the city of Malawi in Minya province, about 220 kilometers (137 miles) south of Cairo.</div><div><br></div><div>Ambulances rushed to the scene to transfer the injured to hospitals in Minya.</div><div><br></div><div>Traffic accidents kill thousands every year in Egypt, which has a poor transportation safety record. Crashes are mostly caused by speeding, bad roads or poor enforcement of traffic laws. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>