Bus Crash Kills 8 Americans



Bus crash in Egypt
(Cairo, Egypt) A tour bus crashed near the southern city of Aswan earlier today, killing eight Americans. An additional 19 other Americans were injured plus two Egyptians, the driver and the tour guide.

A total of 116 American tourists were traveling in three tour buses. The interior ministry said the middle bus -- carrying 37 of the tourists -- crashed into a parked dump truck loaded with sand.

According to the Egyptian news agency MENA, the bus was traveling from Aswan to the ancient Egyptian temple Abu Simbel.