8 children killed in vehicle accident in Egypt’s Nile Delta

8 children killed in vehicle accident in Egypt’s Nile Delta

At least eight children died Saturday when a passenger tricycle overturned and sank in an irrigation channel in Egypt’s Nile Delta, Qazet.az reports according to authorities

The accident took place in the city of Itay el-Baroud in the Mediterranean province of Beheira. The children were workers at a factory in the city, around 140 kilometers north of the capital of Cairo, a police statement said.

The three-wheeled vehicle was carrying around 13 people when it overturned and sank in the channel early Saturday.

Rescuers retrieved the bodies of eight children between 12-15 years old, health authorities said.