57 killed in Egyptian bus crash

A bus packed with passengers plunged into an irrigation canal along a narrow road in southern Egypt, killing 57 people.

57 killed in Egyptian bus crash

A bus packed with passengers plunged into an irrigation canal along a narrow road in southern Egypt, killing 57 people.

Minya governor Ahmed Diaa said the bus, with at least 70 passengers on board, swerved to avoid an oncoming pick-up truck near a village close to the city, about 133 miles south of Cairo.

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