Russian tour bus crashes in Israel killing 24

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Source: Reuters

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"An Israeli bus full of newly arrived Russian tourists veered off a desert road and plunged down a ravine Tuesday killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens, Israeli emergency services said.

The crash, one of the worst Israeli road accidents in years, occurred near the Egyptian border, north of the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat.

A police source said the passengers were Russian tourists who had just landed at a nearby airport. Israel's Airport Authority said the flight had arrived from St. Petersburg.

An official at the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv said he had no confirmed information but the embassy had sent a representative to the scene.

Television footage showed bodies, luggage and wreckage strewn down a steep slope, above the mangled wreckage of a bus."

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