Eight tourists from the United States have died, about twenty injured in a road accident in Egypt

Eight tourists from the United States were killed on Sunday morning, December 26, resulting in a collision tourist bus and a heavy trailer on the highway near the town of Abu Simbel in southern Egypt.
As reported by Al-Ahram, 21 others injured, including 19 U.S. citizens and two Egyptians.
According to traffic police, a terrible accident occurred at a traffic police checkpoint at the entrance to Abu Simbel. Heavy duty wagon at full speed, rammed tourist bus in which there were tourists from the United States.
The prosecutor's office launched an investigation into the circumstances of the disaster.
At the scene of the accident left six ambulances. All the victims have already been delivered to the hospital, they provide first aid.
Popular among tourists archaeological complex of Abu Simbel is located on the west bank of the Nile in the south of Egypt, almost on the border with Sudan, 280 kilometers south of Aswan. The main monuments of Abu Simbel, which attract foreign tourists - rock temples: Great Temple of Pharaoh Ramses II (about 1290-1224 BC) and the Small temple of his wife Nefertari. These monuments have been cut in the rock in the XIII century BC.