42 injured in bus accident near Egypt's Red Sea resort
Xinhua, September 2, 2014 Adjust font size:
A total of 42 Egyptians were injured on Monday when a passenger bus flipped over on a high way heading to Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Hurghada, the state-run al-Ahram newspaper reported.
The police and 14 ambulances arrived at the scene and the wounded were sent to local hospitals.
An investigation has been launched to look into what caused the accident, which came after a string of deadly traffic accidents across the country over the past two weeks, killing at least 63 people and wounding about 60 others.
Traffic accidents are common in Egypt due to poorly maintained roads and common disregard of traffic laws. A 2012 report from the World Health Organization showed that at least 12,000 people died in such accidents every year in the North African country. Endi
