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Egyptian men observe the remains of a tour bus that crashed into a truck on the 115 mile (185 kilometer) journey from Aswan to the ancient temples of Abu Simbel, near Aswan in Egypt. The tour bus slammed into a truck in southern Egypt on Sunday, killing eight American tourists and injuring 21 others in the latest fatal crash involving tourists, according to the state news agency. (AP)
Eight American tourists were killed and 21 injured when their bus collided with a truck near the southern Egyptian city of Aswan, the official MENA news agency reported on Sunday.
An US embassy press official said the embassy was aware of the accident and would provide consular assistance to the tourists and their families but did not provide any toll.
The bus, which was carrying 37 tourists from the United States, was headed to the ancient Egyptian Abu Simbel temples when it collided with a truck laden with sand parked on the side of the road, MENA reported.
Six of the dead were women, the agency reported. The bus driver and a tourist guide were also injured.
MENA did not specify when the accident occurred but a police official said the crash took place early in the morning about 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) from Aswan.
He said four of the tourists were in critical condition, adding that the injured were taken to hospital in Aswan.
Seventy-nine tourists on board two other buses in the convoy were unharmed, MENA reported.
Traffic accidents occur frequently in Egypt, often because of poor road condition and lax regulations.
Eight Ukrainian tourists died last month when their bus overturned near the Red Sea resort of Hurghada.
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