Sixteen killed in bus crash in area of eastern Egypt popular with tourists

Sixteen people were killed and ⁠28 injured in a bus accident in eastern Egypt on Wednesday, local authorities said. Egypt’s health ministry said the incident occurred on the Dahab-Nuweibaa ⁠road in South ⁠Sinai, on an area along the ‌Red Sea ‌coast that is popular ⁠with tourists.According to the AFP news agency, 20 ambulances rushed to the scene of the accident on the country’s eastern coast.The nationalities of those who died have not yet been released. Last month, 15 people were killed and 32 injured in ‌a ​road accident in ‌Egypt's ⁠Ismailia governorate.“Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population, is following up on the health repercussions of a bus overturn incident that occurred this morning, Wednesday, on the (Dahab – Nuweiba) road, before the Al-Saada area heading towards the city of Nuweiba in South Sinai Governorate,” the ministry said in a statement. A spokesperson for the ministry confirmed that Dr Ghaffar had directed health authorities to “provide the highest level of medical care to the injured, ensure the provision of all necessary supplies and medications, and maintain ongoing coordination with the relevant authorities in South Sinai Governorate”. “The ministry affirms that all medical teams are operating at full capacity to handle the incident with utmost efficiency and speed, and the situation is being monitored moment by moment,” the statement said. It added that it “extends its sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a speedy recovery to all the injured”. More to follow...