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(1 Feb 2006)
1. Wide exterior of hospital
2. Close up sign over hospital entrance reading: "General Hospital of Hurghada''
3. Various of injured and bandaged tourists from bus crash in hospital as Chinese ambassador to Cairo, Wu Sike visits with them
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) VOX POP, Injured tourist:
"We just get accident. The driver he drives too quick. He's speeding, okay, so there's no reason speeding. He drive the coach, turn around the corner, I think he's wrong to, expect the angle around the corner, so he's over the correct speed. So the car, the coach is overrun, outside to the highway. So the bus is, it turn around. So many people (inaudible) under the bus, and depress under the bus. Most people die like that. My wife died."
6. Various of Wu Sike visiting injured tourists
7. Various of two injured tourists from bus seated on chairs
8. SOUNDBITE: (Cantonese) VOX POP, injured tourist:
"A traffic accident happened. The car (coach) overturned. We were on our way to another city. It was about 10 minutes after the drive started�. the coach was going quite fast�. and we came before a turn. Not sure if he (the driver) saw the turn ahead or not, he did not slow down the car. The car thrust forward towards the turn and he tried hard to swerve through the turn. This made the car overturn."
9. Injured tourist in hospital corridor
11. Various of injured tourist in hospital bed
10. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Dr. Mohamed Fader, Hurghada general hospital:
"We received 45 cases from the bus crash. There are 14 dead and 31 injured. Most of them are from Hong Kong and there was one Egyptian.''
11. Various shots of injured people from bus being treated
STORYLINE:
A tour bus overturned on a highway in southern Egypt on Tuesday, killing 14 tourists from Hong Kong and injuring 30 other people, some seriously, Egyptian officials said.
The bus was on the outskirts of the Red Sea resort of Hurghada, heading toward the ancient historic city of Luxor, when it rolled over while speeding around a bend in the highway, said Egypt's Middle East News Agency.
One of the tourists from Hong Kong said the driver was speeding, and he thought that the combination of the speed and a poorly negotiated turn around the bend caused the accident.
The man went on to describe many people trapped beneath the overturned bus. "Most people die like that. My wife died," the injured man said, becoming emotional as he spoke at the General Hospital of Hurghada.
According to the hospital's director, the injuries ranged from serious to moderate or good.
The tour guide, an Egyptian who also was wounded, was in fair condition, he said.
According to a spokesman for the tour agency in Hong Kong, forty-three tourists were on the bus, including 16 men, 24 women and three children., said a spokesman for the tour
All of the dead and wounded from the crash were from Hong Kong with the exception of the tour guide.
Earlier on Tuesday, a truck crashed into a different bus in southern Egypt, leaving 18 people dead.
The bus was carrying Coptic Christians returning from an annual visit
to a monastery.
Another 24 people were injured according to police.
The bus overturned and fell into a river near Isna, about 530 kilometres (330 miles) south of Cairo.
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