Egypt: Collision between tourist bus and heavy goods vehicle kills 13 people

A collision in Egypt between a tourist bus and a heavy goods vehicle on Tuesday, west of Cairo, left 13 dead and 34 injured, state media announced. According to the Al-Ahram newspaper, “13 people were killed and 34 others were injured” in this accident on the Western Desert road linking Cairo to Assiut.

An AFP correspondent reported that the authorities were in the process of removing the vehicle with a crane, the front of which was completely torn off by the impact, leaving a pile of twisted metal and debris. Passenger seats were scattered along the side of the road. The injured were treated in a hospital in Giza, on the west bank of the Nile, the newspaper said. The nationality of the passengers is not known at this stage.