AAP General News (Australia)
02-02-2006
Fed: Two Australians killed in Egyptian bus crash
CANBERRA, Feb 2 AAP - Two Australian citizens from the same family are among 14 people
killed in a bus crash in Egypt.
The two men were among a family of five adult Australians who resided in Hong Kong
and were travelling on a tour bus which crashed in southern Egypt yesterday.
A spokesman from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said two men from
the family were killed and three women injured.
"Two men from the family were killed and three women were hospitalised," the spokeswoman said.
The family was with a tour group from Hong Kong.
There were 44 adults on the bus when it crashed between Safaga and Hurghada on the
Red Sea coast, the spokesman said.
Australian consular officials were providing assistance to the family and their next
of kin who have arrived in Eqypt.
DFAT has not released the names of the victims.
Egyptian officials said all 14 people who died, and 29 of the 30 injured were from Hong Kong.
Another 20 Egyptian pilgrims were reportedly killed just hours later in a separate
head-on crash between a bus and car in the village of Al Qaraya, in the country's south.
Six Australians died and 26 were injured three weeks ago when their tour bus flipped
on a highway between Cairo and Alexandria.
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