Twelve people were killed on an Egyptian highway early on Sunday when their bus overturned on their return from the popular Red Sea resort Sharm El-Sheikh, medical and security sources said.
Fifty people were travelling in the bus as they drove from Sharm El- Sheikh to Cairo, when the bus overturned on the Cairo-Suez highway..
Thirty-four other passengers were injured and transported to the port town of Suez for treatment, the medical source added.
No specific cause for the accident about 110 kilometres east of the capital Cairo was immediately given by authorities.
Deadly road accidents due to driver error and dilapidated infrastructure are common in Egypt.
Some 7 000 people were killed last year in road accidents, according to official figures.
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