20 dead as Egypt minibus topples into canal

AL MANSURAH, Egypt: Twenty people were killed on Saturday when the minibus they were travelling in toppled into a canal in northern Egypt’s Nile Delta, prosecutors said.

Eight people were injured in the accident in Dakahlia governorate, among them the driver. Prosecutors said police had arrested the driver after a preliminary drug test suggested he had been driving under the influence of narcotics.

They said he was also suspected of using a mobile phone at the wheel at the time of accident.

Emergency crews recovered the heavily damaged minibus from the canal, an AFP photographer reported.