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This story was published in the South China Morning Post on February 1, 2006

14 Hong Kong tour­ists die in Egypt crash

by Staff Reporters

Four­teen Hong Kong tour­ists died on Tuesday (January 31, 2006) when their speed­ing coach ran off a high­way in south­ern Egypt and rolled over.

The crash, one of the worst involving Hong Kong tour­ists, also left 30 injured, includ­ing the Egyp­tian driver.

The Jetour Hol­i­day group of 43 tour­ists, plus guides, were head­ing from the Red Sea resort of Hurghada towards the ancient city of Luxor when the crash happened about 7am (1pm Hong Kong time).

Police arres­ted the driver, Salah Mohammed Mah­mud, who was not ser­i­ously injured, and said he was likely to be charged with dan­ger­ous driv­ing.

One sur­vivor whose wife was killed said the acci­dent happened about 15 minutes into the jour­ney.