A tourist bus collided with a truck on a highway in southern Egypt and bur𒐪st into flames on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people including four French and a Belgian, authorities said.
The crash happened some 55 kilometers 𝓡(34 miles) south of the ancient city of Luxor, as it was travelling to the temples of Esnaꦍ on the west bank of the Nile River, provincial authorities said in a statement.
Al🎀ong with the tourists, five Egyptians were killed in the crash. At least 14 others were injured, including eight from France and six from Belgium, they said.
Many bodies were charred, and th✅e injured suffered from burns, bruises and fractures, according to a health official who spoke on condition of anonymit🥀y because he was not authorized to brief the media.
Wednesd🅠ay's accident came five days after a bus crashed on a highway near the Red Sea,🐽 killing three including two Polish tourists.
Deadly traffic accidents claim thousands of lives every year in Egypt, which haꦰs a poor transportation safety record. The crashes and collisions are mostly caused by speeding, b💧ad roads or poor enforcement of traffic laws.
Egypt's official statistics agency says there were a♚round 10,000 road accidents in 2019, the most recent year for which statistics are available, leaving over 3,480 dead. In 2018, there were 8,480♐ car accidents, causing over 3,080 deaths.
