Emergency plane to collect injured Russians from Egypt
Published: 04 May, 2008, 06:52
Russia's Emergency Ministry is sending a plane to Egypt to collect six Russian citizens injured in a bus crash near the town of Sharm-el-Sheikh. Four of them are in a critical condition.
The bus was travelling from the popular resort to the country's capital, Cairo.
The vehicle overturned after the driver reportedly lost control on a sharp bend in the road. The bus caught fire, badly burning many of the victims.
In total sixteen Russians were injured.
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