Eight US tourists die in Egypt bus crash

A TOUR bus slammed into a truck in southern Egypt yesterday, killing eight American tourists and injuring 21 others in the latest fatal crash involving tourists, the state news agency said.

The bus was taking a tour group on the 185 kilometre-journey from Aswan to the ancient temples of Abu Simbel, when it ran into the truck parked on the side of a single lane desert road, killing six women and two men.

The Egyptian driver and a guide were injured in the accident.