At least 30 people died and 20 other were injured after a bus was flipped upside-down last night, near Sinai Desert, in southern Israel.
Israeli ambulance service announced that 24 tourists, most Russian citizens, who were on board the bus, died. Russian ambassador to Israels told Moscow's state-controlled Vesti-24 channel, 30 people died and at least 20 were wounded. Several ambulances were deployed on the ground, several wounded being transported to hospital in the town of Eilat. At the wounded's evacuation participated military helicopters from the Ovda airbase.
"Suddenly the bus started to fall off the left side and from there I don't remember a thing. I woke up lying on the ground," Yelena Potyomkina, a 56-year-old passenger, told Israel's YNET news website.
Guilty for the accident is the coach driver, who tried to overcome another bus in a close curve, lost control of the vehicle, stated an Israeli radio station. The same source added that the driver committed in the past 22 road traffic offenses.
According to Russian agency RIA Novosti announced that bus passengers were employees of five travel agencies in St. Petersburg. From October 1st, Russian tourists are exempted from visa entry into Israel, which caused an increase in the number of Russian tourists.
Israeli ambulance service announced that 24 tourists, most Russian citizens, who were on board the bus, died. Russian ambassador to Israels told Moscow's state-controlled Vesti-24 channel, 30 people died and at least 20 were wounded. Several ambulances were deployed on the ground, several wounded being transported to hospital in the town of Eilat. At the wounded's evacuation participated military helicopters from the Ovda airbase.
"Suddenly the bus started to fall off the left side and from there I don't remember a thing. I woke up lying on the ground," Yelena Potyomkina, a 56-year-old passenger, told Israel's YNET news website.
Guilty for the accident is the coach driver, who tried to overcome another bus in a close curve, lost control of the vehicle, stated an Israeli radio station. The same source added that the driver committed in the past 22 road traffic offenses.
According to Russian agency RIA Novosti announced that bus passengers were employees of five travel agencies in St. Petersburg. From October 1st, Russian tourists are exempted from visa entry into Israel, which caused an increase in the number of Russian tourists.
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