A grisly bus crash killed 10 tourists and injured at least 14 others in Egypt Wednesday after the vehicle burst into the flames and passengers burnt alive.
“A guest is dying inside,” one person screaming in video of the incident that circulated online.
Charred bodies were recovered at the scene on the side of a highway in the country’s south. Five Egyptians, four French people and a Belgian were killed. Among the injured were eight people from France and six from Belgium, and all are in stable condition after suffering fractures, burns, and bruises, officials said.
The bus was en route to the ancient Temple of Esna on the West Bank of the Nile River when it crashed on the highway, but the reason for the collision is unknown.
Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said on Twitter that the government will “provide all medical and treatment care for the victims of the tragic accident.”
The crash comes mere days after another tourist bus crashed near the Red Sea, killing three people.
