At least 16 killed in car crash in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
TDT | Manama
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A traffic accident Saturday involving a microbus and a larger bus left at least 16 people dead and 18 others injured in Egypt’s the Sinai Peninsula, health officials said.
The crash took place when a microbus collided with a public transportation bus on a road linking the city of Tor in southern Sinai to the city of Suez, the Health Ministry said in a statement, The Associated Press (AP) reported.
The collision happened 10 kilometres (about 6 miles) from Tor, police said.
The Health Ministry said it deployed at least 13 ambulances to the scene and that the injured were taken to hospitals in southern Sinai.
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