A Polish woman and her 7-year-old son died in a bus accident in Egypt. The court decided about the driver

The accident occurred in July last year, near the tourist resort of Marsa Alam in Egypt. During an optional trip, a resident of Olsztyn and her 7-year-old son, as well as an Egyptian, died in a bus accident with tourists.

The representative of the family of the deceased Poles then submitted a notification to the Olsztyn prosecutor's office about the possibility of causing a disaster in land traffic.

The driver was legally convicted. However, the details are not known

Recently, the prosecutor's office received a note from the Polish embassy in Egypt, which shows that the bus driver, Ali M., was legally tried in Egypt - said Daniel Brodowski, press spokesman for the District Prosecutor's Office in Olsztyn, in an interview with the Polish Press Agency.

The note shows that in November 2025, Ali M. was acquitted, but the prosecutor's office appealed against this verdict. In January 2026, Ali M. was sentenced to 6 months in prison. This verdict was also appealed against, and as a result, in March, Ali M. was sentenced to 6 months, suspended for three years. This judgment of the Egyptian court is final, but we do not know any other details apart from this data, said prosecutor Brodowski.

The Egyptian side did not send documentation

Polish prosecutors do not know what Ali M. was convicted of or what findings the Egyptian court made regarding the accident.

We are still conducting this procedure, the Egyptian side has not yet sent us the materials we requested, said prosecutor Brodowski.

It is not known if and when they will come.