Victims toll of Port Said accident rises to 27 persons

CAIRO - 29 July 2018: The Health Ministry said that the victims toll from the bus overturn in Port Said governorate has risen as nine persons were killed, while 18 others injured.

In a statement issued by the Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed that the dead and the wounded were transferred to Port Said General Hospital by 20 equipped ambulances.

The injuries varied between brain hemorrhage, skull, leg and arm fractures besides bruises, he noted.

Health Minister Hala Zayed assigned Health Ministry Undersecretary in Port Said Adel Te'elab to follow up the condition of the wounded and provide needed medical care to them.

The Health Ministry announced Sunday morning that six people were killed and 15 wounded when a bus collided with a trailer near the toll station in southern Port Said.