Eleven people were killed and five others injured in a road crash between a minibus and a pickup truck in Egypt's Helwan governorate Monday.

According to Egypt's Ahram online website, the minibus driver was trying to dodge a car coming from the opposite direction, before it crashed with the pickup truck. The deaths include the driver of the minibus, three women and a 4-year-old boy.

The injured and the dead were taken to the nearby hospitals. Reports indicated that the accident took place due to the lack of clear barriers on the two-way road.

According to a study issued by the Egyptian Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), death rate in Egypt's road accidents are 222 cases for each 1,000 km, however, the world average doesn't exceed 20 for the specified distance.