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Egypt shuts part of Ring Road after accidents
Gulf News
|July 08, 2025
Egypt's Ministry of Transport announced the complete closure of a major section of the Regional Ring Road around Cairo for one week, following two deadly crashes that left 28 people dead and prompted a nationwide outcry.
The closure, which will begin today, affects the stretch of the 400-kilometer highway linking the Alexandria Desert Road intersection to the Suez Desert Road intersection.
The decision comes in response to urgent safety concerns, following two accidents in less than a week — one of which claimed the lives of 19 young women who were on their way to harvest crops.
This story is from the July 08, 2025 edition of Gulf News.
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