Solidarity directs aid delivery to families of victims and injured in Mansourieh canal bus coup

Social Solidarity Minister Dr Nevin Al-Qabbaj is following up on the overturning incident of the bus which fell into the Mansouriya canal near Manshaat Abdel Nabi village, Aga centre, Dakahlia governorate, and has so far resulted in 6 injuries and 18 dead, and searches are ongoing through rescue teams for the possibility of more deaths.

The Minister of Social Solidarity ordered the director of the Dakahlia Social Solidarity Directorate to quickly address the repercussions of the accident to help the families, as the Relief Committee of the Governorate Social Solidarity Directorate immediately went to the scene of the accident to inspect it, count the loss of life and help the families and the wounded.

It was decided to disburse a sum of 50,000 lire in the event of the death of the head of the family, 25,000 lire in the event of the death of a family member, and an amount of 5,000 lire for each accident in accordance with the period of stay of the injured person in hospital”.

Al-Qabbaj offered his sincere condolences to the families of the victims, calling on them to provide all aspects of assistance needed by the affected families and to mobilize NGO resources to provide more assistance to the families.

Mit Ghamr Mansoura Highway witnessed a bus loaded with passengers fall into the water in the Mansouriya canal in front of the Aga Centre, resulting in injuries and deaths, and the numbers are counting.

The director of security in Dakahlia was notified by the director of criminal investigations of a report from the Aga police station that a bus loaded with passengers had fallen into the water in front of the center of Aga.

And a security force moved to the place of communication, the site of the accident, and it was found that a bus loaded with 42 passengers had fallen into the water, and river rescue forces and ambulances were called, and they extracted a number of passengers between injured and victims, and the first information indicates that the number of victims has so far reached 13 people, and is still continuing the counting operations.