Saturday, December 22, 2007

Bus Falls Off Ferry - Sinks in River


MINYA, Egypt — 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. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Her Room