Russians hurt in bus-truck crash in Egypt

6 Oct, 2007 03:44 / Updated 17 years ago

Nine Russian tourists have been injured as their bus collided with a truck in Egypt. The bus driver and a security guide were killed in the accident.

The crash took place in a tunnel under the Suez Canal not far from the country's capital Cairo. Reports say the truck drove into the inbound lane, smashing into the bus, which was carrying 40 tourists.