Incidents08.01.2022 - 19:04

In Egypt, bus accident kills 16 people, injures 18 others

There is no data on the citizens of the Russian Federation among the victims or injured in the accident.

Фото: AP Photo / Muhamed Sabry

According to a press release from the Egyptian Ministry of Health, received by RIA Novosti, an accident occurred in the west of the Sinai Peninsula, in which at least 16 people died, another 18 were injured.

On the highway between the cities of Suez Tor, a bus and a minibus collided, said a spokesman for the ministry, Hussam Abdulgaffar. 13 ambulances arrived at the scene of the accident, the injured were hospitalized in hospitals in the cities of Tor, Sharm el-Sheikh and Abu Rudeis. Basically, the victims have suspected craniocerebral trauma, cuts and bruises.

The Russian embassy has no data on compatriots among the victims of the accident.

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