At least 22 people, including Egyptians and Jordanians, died Wednesday when a passenger bus crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Twenty-eight others sustained injuries.
The accident occurred on the road connecting the tourist towns of Dahab and Nuweiba in South Sinai province, according to statements from authorities in both Egypt and Jordan. The Egyptian Health Ministry reported deploying 20 ambulances to the scene to transport the deceased and injured to nearby hospitals.
The Jordanian Foreign Ministry confirmed that Jordanian citizens were among the casualties, though it did not specify a number. Amman-based public broadcaster al-Mamlaka reported that 10 Jordanians were among those killed. The bus had been traveling from Cairo to Amman when it overturned.
While the Egyptian health ministry did not detail the cause of the crash, local media suggested that a tire blowout led to the vehicle overturning.
Deadly traffic accidents are a frequent occurrence in Egypt, where thousands of lives are lost annually. The country has a history of poor transportation safety, with speeding, inadequate road infrastructure, and lax enforcement of traffic laws cited as primary contributors to these crashes. In January, a separate multicar pileup on a road near the southern province of Beni Suef resulted in 21 deaths and 16 injuries.