CEOAFRICA news gathered from Cairo, Egypt that fifteen Egyptian soldiers have died and 40 injured after their bus collided with a lorry.

Our source states that the accident happened on the el-Alamein motorway linking Cairo with the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria.

They were reportedly travelling home to join their families for holidays during the holy month of Ramadan.

Egyptian roads recently, have been source of concern to motorist, as analysis puts the number of people that usually die while plying the roads at 12,000 people each year, says the World Health Organization. Poor road conditions and lax traffic law enforcement are blamed.

In October, 21 members of the country's security forces died in a vehicle accident in the Sinai peninsula, close to the Israeli border.

Last November, the transport minister resigned after 50 children aged four to six died when their school bus was hit by a train near Manfalut, 350km (230 miles) south of Cairo.