Ethiopia’s health ministry says a bus has fallen into a canal in Nile River Delta region, killing at least 21 people.
One of the ministry officials said three children were among the dead.
Police, river rescue forces and ambulances from the Daqahliya province were dispatched to the site of the accident.
Injured passengers were evacuated to a local hospital.
The Public Prosecution office which is investigating the incident, accused the minibus driver of making a phone call when driving.
Citing figures from the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, state media Ahram reported that while traffic injuries across Egypt dropped last year, traffic deaths increased by 15.2 percent.