29 die as vehicles collide on Egypt highway

At least 29 people were killed and 12 injured when nine cars and trucks slammed into each other on a fog-choked rural highway south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo early yesterday, police said.
The string of cars collided due to heavy fog and their high rate of speed, some 100 kilometres south of the Cairo, temporarily blocking the main agricultural road leading to Egypt's southern provinces.
The injured were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, the official added.