One in the north also claims life of Former Arab League official
CAIRO: Ten people were killed Wednesday, including a British tourist, and 43 others wounded in two separate bus accidents near the Egyptian port city of Suez, security sources told AFP.
Eight Egyptians were killed when their bus overturned in Zaafarana, 256 km south east of Cairo early Wednesday morning after high speeds caused the driver to lose control of the steering wheel, the source said. Another person died of injuries later in hospital.
The bus was carrying 50 passengers on their way to the southern city of Safaga where they were due to board a ferry bound for Saudi Arabia to perform a pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca.
In a separate accident, one British tourist was killed and two other British tourists wounded when their bus coming from the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh overturned near the port city of Suez as it was heading to Cairo, the source said.
About 6,000 people die in road accidents in Egypt each year. A report by the transport ministry said they were the second-highest cause of death in the country.
A Libyan official with the Cairo-based Arab League was killed in a car accident in northern Egypt Wednesday while on his way to the Egyptian capital, security officials said.
Mahmoud Hussein Gadhafi was instantly killed in the accident near the border town of Salloum, while his son Abdul-Salam, 25, and driver were injured, the Egyptian official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Gadhafi was in charge of the Arab League s National Security department, according to officials in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. He also worked in the past as the Arab League s ambassador to India.
Gadhafi was not related to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, the officials said. Agencies
