16 Egyptians killed when bus falls off of ferry and sinks in Nile River

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sixteen people, including six children, died Saturday when a microbus they were riding in fell off a rickety ferry and sank in the Nile River in southern Egypt, security and local officials said. The accident happened because the bus driver did not use the emergency brakes to prevent the vehicle from moving as the ferry carried it from the river's east bank to the west bank near the village of Deir Mawas in Minya province about 130 miles (209 kilometers) south Cairo, said Minya police chief, Mahmoud Noureddin. "The microbus fell off the ferry, and all its passengers were killed," said Minya Governor Fouad Saad Eddin. Rescue workers retrieved 13 bodies, including the microbus driver, and were searching for the three others Saturday afternoon, the governor said.