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Bulgarian tourists injured in road accident in Egypt

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Twenty Bulgarians have suffered injuries after a tourist bus was involved in a road accident this morning in Egypt, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has reported. According to media in Egypt the number of injured people is 22. It has been initially reported that five people suffered fractures and others had abrasion wounds.

The tourist bus with about 40 Bulgarians overturned not far from Marsa Alam. Passengers have been taken to a hospital in Marsa Alam, located on the Red Sea.

The Bulgarian Embassy in Cairo is in constant contact a representative of the tour operator, who is in the hospital.


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