Bus accident kills 7 Russians, injures 16 in Egypt

Bus accident kills 7 Russians, injures 16 in Egypt
# 23 December 2008 09:13 (UTC +04:00)
Cairo – APA. Bus accident killed 7 and injured 16 in Egypt. APA reports that the victims of the accident, which occurred in the south of Sinai peninsula, were Russian tourists. Foreign tourists had accident near the resort town of Dahab while returning from Jerusalem to Sharm-el-Sheikh. The bus seems to have crashed because of bad weather conditions. 5 of the dead people were women and 1 was man. The injured people were taken to Sharm-el-Sheikh hospital and the dead to Dahab morgue. The tourists had been reportedly sent to Egypt by an unlicensed company.

On average 27,000 road accidents occur in Egypt every year. On average 6000 people die in the aftermath of these accidents.
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