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​The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates is following up on a traffic accident that occurred in the city of Nuweiba in the Arab Republic of Egypt on Wednesday morning, which resulted in a number of casualties and injuries.
​The Official Spokesperson for the Ministry, Ambassador Fouad Al-Majali, explained that according to information received by the embassy in Cairo, an Egyptian passenger bus carrying a number of Jordanian and Egyptian passengers was involved in a traffic accident on Wednesday morning.
​He stated that preliminary information indicates the presence of several Jordanians among the deceased and injured, and that the ministry, through the Operations and Consular Affairs Directorate and the Jordanian Embassy in Cairo, is following up on the incident with Egyptian authorities. He added that a team from the Jordanian Embassy in Cairo is on its way to Nuweiba to monitor the condition of the injured and secure the repatriation of the deceased to the Kingdom.
​Al-Majali expressed his deepest condolences and sympathy to the families of the deceased, praying to Almighty God to grant them mercy, inspire patience in their families, and wishing a speedy recovery to the injured.
​Jordanian and Egyptian sources confirmed on Wednesday the death of 10 Jordanians following the rollover of a passenger bus on the Dahab-Nuweiba road in Egypt's South Sinai Governorate, which was carrying 43 people, including 22 Jordanians.
​The sources told "Al-Mamlaka" that the bus was traveling from Cairo to Amman via Sinai and Nuweiba, and then by sea to Aqaba, before continuing its journey to Amman.
​Source: Rum News Agency