CAIRO, Apr 28 (NNN-MENA) – At least two people were killed and 43 others wounded yesterday, after a bus overturned in Egypt’s South Sinai Province, the Egyptian Health Ministry announced in a statement.
The wounded passengers were taken to the nearby Sharm El Sheikh international hospital, according to the statement.
A total of 25 ambulances were sent to the site of the accident, which was on a highway leading to the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh, according to Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar, a spokeswoman for the Health Ministry.
The bus was coming from Upper Egypt’s Minya Province, heading to Sharm El-Sheikh, local media reported.
Investigation is underway to find the cause of the accident, according to the Egyptian prosecutors.