CAIRO
At least 15 military personnel were killed and 40 others wounded on Sunday in a road accident on Wadi Al-Natroun-Al-Alamin highway.
A vehicle carrying the army officers and soldiers was en route to the Mediterranean city of Marsa Matrouh collided with a truck that was parking on the side of the road, security sources told Anadolu Agency.
Police officials and army commanders rushed to the scene, said the source, adding that the bodies and the wounded were being taken to Wadi Al-Natroun hospital.