American Tourists Killed in Bus Accident

Cairo, EgyptEight American tourists were killed and another 21 injured when a bus collided with a truck near Aswan in southern Egypt. A police official said that six of the dead were women. Some of the injured tourists would be airlifted Sunday afternoon to a Cairo hospital-- four crash victims were reported in critical condition.

The bus, which had on board 37 US tourists, was part of a convoy heading to the Abu Simbel temple near Aswan. The other two buses were carrying 79 tourists, all of whom were unharmed. The US embassy said in a statement that it was "deeply saddened by the traffic accident in Aswan that has led to deaths and injuries among American tourists."