Eight people were killed and 12 others injured in a traffic accident in North Sinai governorate northeast of Cairo, a security source told Xinhua on Monday.
The accident happened when a bus collided with a cement truck stopped on the road near Sheikh Zoed city, according to a source in the al-Arish central hospital.
The deaths and injured were sent in the wee hours to the al- Arish central hospital; an investigation into the accident is underway.