As many as 18 people were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and a lorry on Sharm El Shiekh Road in Abou Redis city of South Sinai governorate, Head of the Ambulance Authority Ahmed El Ansary said on Thursday. 

Following the accident that took place at 7:10 p.m. on Wednesday, the Ambulance Authority has sent nine ambulances to the site to treat and move the injured, he added.

Wounded suffered from fractures.

The reason behind the accident has not been yet clear.

Source : MENA