Over 20 Egyptians Killed in Bus Overturn in Sinai

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Over 20 Egyptians Killed in Bus Overturn in Sinai

Over 20 Egyptians were killed and 25 others injured in a bus overturn in the Sinai peninsula on Tuesday,the policy said.

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Over 20 Egyptians were killed and 25 others injured in a bus overturn in the Sinai peninsula on Tuesday,the policy said.

The accident occurred when the bus carrying the 45 passengers turned over and its gas tank exploded subsequently.

The victims, all Coptic Christians, were returning from a journey organized by a church in the Cairo suburb of Heliopolis, the police added.

The cause of the road accident was under investigation.

Last November, about 30 people were killed in a road accident onthe way linking Cairo and the canal city of Suez.

Traffic accidents are common in Egypt, where drivers are prone to speeding.

According to official figures, an average of 5,000 people are killed and 24,000 others injured in road accidents every year.

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