{"id":25928635,"date":"2026-10-20T12:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T09:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/fra_news\/%d8%af-%d8%a5%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%b9%d8%b2%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-5\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T14:15:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T11:15:02","slug":"%d8%af-%d8%a5%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%b9%d8%b2%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-5","status":"publish","type":"fra_news","link":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/fra_news\/%d8%af-%d8%a5%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%b9%d8%b2%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-5\/","title":{"rendered":"FRA Chairman Extends Condolences over Western Assiut Road Accident, Orders Fast-Track Compensation \u2013 Tuesday 20 October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Dr. Islam Azzam, FRA Chairman has expressed his condolences to victims\u2019 families of the tragic traffic accident that occurred today within Faiyum Governorate, involving a collision between a passenger bus and a heavy transport truck. The initial death toll stands at 13 fatalities, with over 34 others injured. Dr. Azzam prayed to Almighty God to bestow His infinite mercy upon the deceased, grant their families patience and solace and wish all the injured a swift and complete recovery.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">In light of his follow-up on the aftermath of the accident, Dr.\u00a0 Islam Azzam ordered the Egyptian Compulsory Insurance Pool (ECIP) to initiate all necessary procedures to pay out the due compensation to the victims&#8217; families and the injured in accordance with the Unified Insurance Law No. 155 of 2024.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">FRA Chairman further directed prompt communication with the families of the deceased and the injured to facilitate procedures and accelerate the disbursement of compensations. These amounts stand at EGP 100,000 per fatality. Meanwhile, injury payouts will be determined based on the disability percentage certified by the Medical Commission, in accordance with the Unified Insurance Law. Settlements will be fast-tracked for eligible beneficiaries upon the receipt of completed accident documentation and verification of the compulsory insurance policy\u2019s validity.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">For his part, the Executive Director of the Egyptian Compulsory Insurance Pool confirmed that Pool representatives will directly reach out to the victims&#8217; families to finalize the required paperwork and expedite compensation payouts as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":24721099,"parent":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[144],"tags":[3704,3791,3910,5862],"fra_news_taxonomy":[2137,2138],"news_paper_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-25928635","fra_news","type-fra_news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-fra-chairman","tag-financial-regulatory-authority-fra","tag-dr-islam-azzam","tag-western-assiut-road-accident","fra_news_taxonomy---en","fra_news_taxonomy-----en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fra_news\/25928635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fra_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fra_news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24721099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25928635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25928635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25928635"},{"taxonomy":"fra_news_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fra_news_taxonomy?post=25928635"},{"taxonomy":"news_paper_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_paper_taxonomy?post=25928635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}