# Bus crash in Egypt's Sinai kills 22, including 10 Jordanians
A passenger bus overturned on a desert highway in Egypt's eastern Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, leaving 22 people dead and 28 injured in one of the country's latest major road accidents. Egyptian authorities said the crash happened on the road linking the Red Sea resort towns of Dahab and Nuweiba in South Sinai.
Ten Jordanian nationals were among those killed, according to Jordan's state-run Al-Mamlaka television. The bus was carrying 43 people, including 22 Jordanians, the broadcaster reported.
Egypt's health ministry had initially given a lower death toll before raising it to 22. Officials said 20 ambulances were dispatched to the scene and that the injured were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment.
The cause of the crash was not immediately disclosed. Footage from the scene showed the bus on its side with debris scattered along the roadside, underscoring the severity of the impact on a route that serves traffic to coastal destinations on the Gulf of Aqaba.
Road crashes remain a persistent problem in Egypt. They are often linked by authorities and local reporting to reckless driving, poor vehicle maintenance and uneven enforcement of traffic laws. Last month, at least 18 people were killed in northern Egypt when two pick-up trucks carrying agricultural day labourers collided, highlighting how regularly fatal road incidents continue to hit the country.
The latest crash is also likely to draw attention because of the foreign nationals involved. Jordanian passengers were a substantial share of those on board, and the confirmed deaths of 10 citizens will place pressure on both Egyptian and Jordanian authorities to account for what happened and how the injured are being treated.
The accident took place in South Sinai, a region better known internationally for its beaches, coral reefs and mountain scenery than for transport disasters. But the road network there can be busy, and long-distance travel by bus remains common for both tourists and regional passengers moving between Red Sea destinations and mainland hubs.
With the toll still raw and the investigation incomplete, the immediate focus remains on the medical response, identification of the dead and support for surviving passengers. Officials have not said what caused the bus to overturn, and no immediate explanation was available from the scene.
The latest figures make clear that this was not a minor pile-up but a mass-casualty crash with cross-border consequences. For now, authorities are left managing an already high fatality count, injured passengers spread across local hospitals and a widening search for answers on a desert highway in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
