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At least nine in Egypt bus crash
A bus carrying around 40 tourists crashed and caught fire, killing eight people and injuring 20 others in Egypt's Sinai region on Thursday, police officials said.
- Agencies
- Published: 10:06 May 1, 2008
- Image Credit: AP
- A bus carrying around 40 tourists crashed and caught fire in Egypt's Sinai region on Thursday.
Ismailia: A bus carrying around 40 tourists crashed and caught fire, killing at least nine people and injuring 28 others in Egypt's Sinai region on Thursday, police officials said.
The bus was travelling to Cairo from the Read Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh and overturned at a sharp turn.
The bodies have not yet been identified and were badly charred in the accident.
Three of the injured are in serious condition.
A security official gave a breakdown of nationalities of those
injured: 13 Russians, four Britons, two Canadians, two Italians, two Romanians, one Ukrainian and four Egyptians.
Two Egyptian policemen providing security were among the passengers.
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