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2 policemen killed, one injured in Egypt road accident

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Press Trust of India Cairo
Two policemen were killed and one injured today after a car they were travelling in turned turtle at Sharm el-Sheikh city of Sinai here.

The two police guards of Hatem Amin, director of North Sinai Security Directorate were killed and director of Amin's office injured today, after their car turned over on the ring road near Sharm el-Sheikh city in Sinai peninsula, media reports said.

Amin, the owner of the car was not inside the vehicle at the time of the accident, it said.

Egypt has one of the world's highest accident rates owing to careless driving and poor road and vehicle conditions.
 

The WHO ranks Egypt as the world's tenth worst country in road accidents, after India, China and the US.

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First Published: Dec 25 2014 | 12:06 AM IST

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