5 killed in Egypt bus crash

Five people have been killed and at least 54 were injured when two buses collided on a highway near the city of Suez, Egypt, today.

The state news agency MENA reported that the identities of those who were killed have not been established.

Twenty-five ambulances were rushed to the scene of the crash, Al-Ahram newspaper reported Suez security chief Mohamed Gad saying.

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Eyewitnesses said one bus was travelling on the highway to the Red Sea resort of Ain Sokhna when it suddenly swerved and collided with a bus travelling in the opposite direction.

This comes only one week after nearly 50 people were killed when two trains collided near Alexandria.