At least 21 people have died and 29 more were injured following a bus crash in Egypt, the country’s authorities have said. The bus overturned on the Dahab-Nuweibaa road, in the South Sinai area of the country, Egyptian Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said in a statement.
The bus was heading towards the city of Nuweiba, a coastal town in the eastern part of the Sinai Peninsula, confirmed the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population. Local authorities said once the report was received, the central operations room was activated and 20 ambulances were deployed to the scene. Dr Ahmed Al-Sabki, head of Egypt’s healthcare authority, said those injured were initially taken to a local medical centre, and a number of them have since been transferred to the Sharm el-Sheikh International, Saint Catherine, and Al-Fayrouz hospitals.
The Health Minister said all measures are being taken “to provide the highest level of medical care to the injured, to provide all necessary supplies and medicines, and to maintain continuous coordination with the relevant authorities in South Sinai Governorate”.
A spokesperson for the ministry also said “all medical teams are operating at full capacity to handle the incident with utmost efficiency and speed”.
The ministry also “extends its sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a speedy recovery to all the injured”.
Last month, 15 people were killed and 32 injured in a road accident in Egypt’s Ismailia Governorate.
The southern Sinai Peninsula is a popular tourism hub, renowned for its rugged and mountainous terrain and is where Egypt meets the Red Sea.
The Peninsula includes the popular cities of Sharm El-Sheik, Dahab and St Catherine.
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