2 killed, 8 missing as truck plunges into Egypt’s Nile River

CAIRO: JAN. 11 – At least two people were killed and eight others are still missing in Egypt as a truck with 24 passengers plunged into the Nile River near the capital Cairo, the Egyptian public prosecution said in a statement on Tuesday.

The accident took place on Monday evening in a village at Monshaat Al-Kanater district of Giza province. The passengers, including children, were on board the truck on their way back from a farm where they were working, according to the statement.