Bodies are currently being extracted from the rubble before a final death toll is determined, Undersecretary of the Ministry of health in South Sinai governorate Mohamed Lasheen said.
Lasheen added that thirty ambulances were sent to the scene of the accident.
The two buses were carrying around 80 passengers from Cairo to Sharm El-Sheikh resort including 4 foreign tourists; two Saudis, a Yemeni and a Ukrainian tourists who are among the injured.
All the deceased are Egyptians. Seven of whom are yet to be identified.
Thirty-seven of the injured were transported to Sharm El-Sheikh International Hospital, while four were transported to El-Tor Sinai General Hospital.
The road was closed for three hours, to facilitate the entrance and exit of ambulances and to retrieve the bodies from the wreckage.
A team from South Sinai’s prosecution was sent to the scene to investigate the cause of the accident. The prosecution also delegated a technical team to examine the buses and determine their speeds at the time of the collision.
Source: http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/108959.aspx
