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Egyptian authorities say at least 10 women and children have died after a small bus carrying about two dozen people slid off a ferry and plunged into the Nile River just outside Cairo. The Health Ministry says the accident injured nine other passengers. The cause of the accident was not immediately clear. According to the state-owned Akhbar daily, mostly women were in the vehicle heading to work. Ferry, railway and road accidents are common in Egypt, mainly because of poor maintenance and lack of regulations.

At least 10 Egyptian women and children died Tuesday when a small bus carrying about two dozen people slid off a ferry and plunged into the Nile River just outside Cairo, health authorities said.

The accident, which happened in Monshat el-Kanater town in Giza province, injured nine other passengers, the Health Ministry said in a statement. Giza is one of three provinces forming Greater Cairo.

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