At least nine university students* were killed and 42 others injured on Friday after a bus accident in Egypt’s South Sinai. According to state-media Al-Ahram, the bus accident occurred on the Nuweiba International Road as the bus was heading towards Nuweiba in South Sinai. The bus, which went off road and crashed at the bottom of a hill at high speeds, was carrying students from Alexandria University’s Department of Pharmacology. Friends and family say that the students were looking forward to spending a holiday on the coastal resort city. Egypt’s Ministry of Health announced that all of those injured were transported to nearby hospitals in Nuweiba and Dahab. According to health officials, at least 20 students remain in critical condition. Meanwhile, Egypt’s prosecution announced that initial investigations revealed the bus driver was travelling above the speed limit before he lost control of the bus. Egypt is one of ten countries included in the Road Safety Project 2011-2020, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO,) which aims to reduce the level of road traffic fatalities around the world by 50 percent. The number of road accidents in Egypt in 2014 was reported…
Nine Alexandria University Students Killed in Egypt Bus Accident
February 3, 2017
