At least 22 people have been killed and 28 others injured after a passenger bus overturned on a desert highway in Egypt’s South Sinai Peninsula.
The accident occurred on Wednesday along the road linking the Red Sea resort towns of Dahab and Nuweiba, according to Egyptian authorities.
The area, popular with tourists for its beaches, coral reefs and mountainous landscape, was the scene of the deadly crash as the bus overturned and scattered debris across the roadside.
Among those killed were 10 Jordanian nationals, according to Jordan’s state-run Al-Mamlaka television. The broadcaster reported that the bus was carrying 43 people, including 22 Jordanians.
Egypt’s Ministry of Health said 20 ambulances were immediately deployed to the crash site, while those injured were transported to nearby hospitals for medical treatment.
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The ministry’s updated casualty figure raised the earlier reported death toll of 16 to 22.
Authorities have yet to establish or publicly disclose the cause of the crash.
Footage from the scene showed the badly damaged bus lying overturned beside the highway, with debris scattered around the area.
The crash comes amid persistent concerns over road safety in Egypt, where traffic accidents are frequently linked to reckless driving, poor vehicle maintenance and inadequate enforcement of road regulations.
Last month, at least 18 people, many of them teenagers, were killed in northern Egypt after two pickup trucks carrying agricultural workers collided.
Official statistics indicate that nearly 6,000 people died in road accidents across Egypt last year, highlighting the continuing scale of the country’s road safety challenge.