8 Children Killed in Vehicle Accident in Egypt’s Nile Delta
CAIRO (AP) – At least eight children died Saturday when a passenger tricycle overturned and sank in an irrigation channel in Egypt’s Nile Delta, authorities said. The accident took place in the city of Itay el-Baroud in the Mediterranean province of Beheira. The children were workers at a factory in the city, around 140 kilometers (87 miles) north of the capital of Cairo, a police statement said. The three-wheeled vehicle was carrying at least 13 people when it overturned and sank in the channel early Saturday. Rescuers retrieved the bodies of eight children between 12-15 years old, health authorities said. At least four others survived and rescue workers were searching for at least one other.