38 die as bus veers off bridge

CAIRO - A packed public transport bus plummeted off a Cairo bridge onto the bank of the Nile river yesterday killing 38 passengers…

CAIRO - A packed public transport bus plummeted off a Cairo bridge onto the bank of the Nile river yesterday killing 38 passengers and injuring at least 29.

Police said the bus, with an estimated 70 passengers, had veered off the Sahel bridge in the poor Cairo district of Rod al-Farag, flipping over several times before it landed upside down on the Nile bank.

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