Chinese citizen and Italian tourists killed in minibus collision in Egypt, 5 others seriously injured

Authorities said at least two tourists were killed and five more seriously injured on Thursday in a minibus-truck collision in southern Egypt.

Egyptian authorities said in a statement that one of the victims was Chinese citizen and the other in Italy. The two victims, aged 27 and 40, died Thursday morning when the minibus they were traveling in collided with a truck near Abu Simbel, site of the ancient temples of Ramses II, a popular tourist destination on the border with Sudan.

Another five were seriously injured in the accident and were taken to a hospital in the nearby city of Aswan, the report said. Aswan Governor Ashraf Attia said in a statement that the bodies of the two victims were taken to the morgue.

EGYPT’S MOST FAMOUS PRISONER ACTIVIST STARTED “COMPLETE HUNGER STRIKE”

In another fatal accident on Thursday, 10 farm workers were killed when a bus overturned after colliding with a tractor in Egypt’s northern province of Beheira, local authorities said.

The remains of a bus at the crash site on the road between the Egyptian city of Aswan and the famous temple of Abu Simbel in Egypt on July 7, 2022.  In another bus crash in the same area on December 2, two tourists were killed.  January 1, 2022

The remains of a bus at the crash site on the road between the Egyptian city of Aswan and the famous temple of Abu Simbel in Egypt on July 7, 2022. In another bus crash in the same area on December 2, two tourists were killed. January 1, 2022
(AFP via Getty Images)

Road traffic accidents claim thousands of lives every year North African countrymoreover, accidents are mainly caused by speeding, bad roads or non-compliance with traffic rules.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Earlier this month, 14 people died. car accident involving a minibus and a truck in Egypt’s southwestern province of El Wadi el Gedid. In July, eight people were killed in an accident on the main highway connecting Abu Simbel with Aswan.