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Child Worker Transport Disasters: Deaths and Injuries (2019-2022)
Five incidents in three years — children in truck beds on the way back from fields
Al-Qasasin road, Ismailia
March 2019
16 children in truck bed · 1 girl killed + 16 injured · farm workers
Upper Egypt desert road
May 2021
2 killed + 21 injured · farm workers
Al-Dawaris junction, Ismailia
December 2021
Children aged 10-15 · 2 killed + 24 injured · onion harvest
Talia ferry, Menoufia
January 2022
23 passengers (mostly children) · 7 children + 1 young man killed, 14 survived · poultry farm
Al-Sawalim canal, Beheira
April 2022
14 children · 8 children killed · potato station
Total deaths across all five incidents: at least 20, most under the age of 15
Source: Multiple journalistic sources / security investigation reports