20 dead after bus and truck collide in Egypt

The site where a bus overturned in southern Egypt (Assiut Governorate media office via AP)

At least 20 people have died and three others were injured when a bus overturned while trying to pass a truck and both vehicles caught fire in southern Egypt.

The bus was travelling from Cairo when it turned over and was hit by the truck on a road in the southern province of Assiut, 199 miles south of Cairo, Assiut governor Essam Saad said in a statement.