At least 18 people, many of them children, have died when a pick-up truck carrying agricultural labourers crashed in Egypt. The crash on Tuesday happened on a link road in the Al-Dawawis area of Ismailia governorate, according to Egypt’s Al-Ahram news. Egypt’s Ministry of Health said there were 47 casualties, including about 30 injured. At least 1.3 million minors are engaged in child labour, according to official figures. Road fatalities and injuries in the country have risen by more than 10 percent, according to Egypt’s state statistics agency.