CAIRO, June 28 (MENA) - Social Solidarity Minister Maya Morsy and Labour Minister Mohamed Gebran on Saturday directed the bodies concerned to swiftly process increased compensation payouts for victims of the Menofia road accident.

The new compensation will provide EGP 500,000 to each family of the deceased and EGP 70,000 for each injured person, in line with directives by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to add EGP 100,000 per fatality and EGP 25,000 per injury to amounts previously allocated by the ministries.

The accident occurred on Friday on the regional highway in Ashmoun, when a microbus collided with a heavy truck, claiming the lives of 18 young women and the driver and injuring three others. All victims were from Kafr al-Sanabsa village in Menouf, travelling for day-labour work. (MENA)

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