HIBAPRESS
Two people were killed and 39 others, including 34 foreign tourists, were injured in a horrific traffic accident that occurred Tuesday morning north of the Red Sea governorate in Egypt.
Security sources reported that the accident resulted from a collision between a tourist bus belonging to a tourism company, which was on its way from Hurghada to Ras Gharib, and a heavy transport vehicle (truck) on the road linking the two cities. Initial investigations revealed that the bus driver and another person died at the scene of the accident, while 39 people were injured with varying degrees of severity, including 27 Russians, two from Lithuania, seven Finns, and three Egyptians. Immediately after the accident, ambulances and traffic police went to the scene to transport the injured to nearby hospitals and remove the wreckage of the two vehicles to facilitate traffic flow on the road.
