In the governorate of Marsa Matruh, north of the Egyptian capital Cairo, a horrific accident between a tour bus and a vehicle occurred Sunday morning, killing one person and injuring 43, a government official confirmed to Sky News Arabia.
Dr. Ahmed El-Beltagy, Egypt’s Deputy Minister of Health for Marsa Matruh Province, said the accident occurred between a tourist bus carrying holidaymakers returning to Cairo and a heavy vehicle on the Matru-Alexandria international route. Coastal road.
In statements to Sky News Arabia, he explained that the bus collided with a vehicle from behind in the village of Galala, west of the city of El Dabaa, killing the bus driver on the spot and injuring 43 others who were taken to hospitals for treatment.
He stated that as soon as he received the notification of the incident, the departments concerned acted in coordination between the Ministry of Health and Matrouh Province, and more than 15 ambulances were paid to transport the injured to hospitals. He noted that 4 cases among the wounded have improved and have been discharged from the hospital, while 35 cases are in the El Dabaa hospital for treatment, most of them children, and 4 other cases requiring special care have been transferred to El – Alamein and Matruh. Hospitals. This happened after a group of the prosecutor’s office went to the scene to examine and determine its causes, and the prosecutor’s office also went to hospitals to hear the testimony of the victims.