Egypt Crash Kills 4 Mexican Tourists

Four Mexican tourists were killed on Friday in a fiery road accident in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, South Sinai's governor told Agence France Presse, with police and medics putting the toll at six.

Seventeen tourists, all Mexican, were injured in the crash, governor Khaled Fouda told AFP, adding that two were in critical condition.

Medical and police officials and the official MENA news agency reported that six Mexican tourists died when their bus overturned and caught fire.

Fouda said the bus overturned when one of its tires blew. The tourists were on their way to St Catherine's Monastery, a popular tourist attraction.

Poor road conditions, bad driving and lax reinforcement of traffic regulations are blamed for the high frequency of road accidents in Egypt.

Eleven Hungarian tourists were killed when their bus crashed in 2011.

Almost a year earlier, eight American tourists died when their bus collided with a truck near the southern city of Aswan.