A minibus collided with a heavy truck on a highway west of Cairo on Saturday, killing 10 people and injuring 24 others. Egypt’s health ministry confirmed the casualty figures in a statement.

The crash occurred near 6th of October City, a satellite city in Giza province on the western outskirts of the Egyptian capital. Officials said 10 of the injured were in critical condition.
Health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar noted that the figures were preliminary and that assessments were still ongoing.

The accident is the latest in a series of fatal road incidents in Egypt.

Traffic accidents remain a major public safety challenge in the country. Such crashes are often blamed on reckless driving, poor vehicle maintenance and weak enforcement of traffic laws.

According to Egypt’s state statistics agency, road accidents injure more than 75,000 people and kill over 5,000 every year. Recent months have seen several deadly crashes involving buses and trucks in different parts of the country.