More than 40 people drowned in the Nile

Police said the ferry was carrying a bus full of passengers headed to the cemetery, AFP reported.
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Ažurirano: 29.04.2011. 14:27h

At least 43 people drowned when a ferry sank in the Nile River in southern Egypt, state media reported. The accident happened in Bani Suwaif province. Police said the ferry was carrying a bus full of passengers headed to a cemetery, he said. AFP. Rescuers are searching for the missing and transferring the survivors to the hospital. The accident happened almost a year after five people drowned when their ferry sank in the Nile, on the outskirts of Cairo. Traffic accidents are common in Egypt, and the most common cause is poor maintenance of vehicles and vessels. and negligence.

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