Families of Sinai bus crash victims to meet on action against Egypt

The families of the 11 Israeli Arab tourists killed two weeks ago when their bus overturned in Egypt's Sinai penninsula will meet Thursday to decide what course of action to take against Egyptian authorities.

The families are considering filing suit against authorities and demonstrating in front of the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv.

At least 12 people, including the 11 Israeli Arabs, were killed and 30 others were injured two weeks ago when their bus overturned in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, officials said.

The officials said the tourists died after the bus flipped on a sharp curve in the road near the holiday resort town of Nuweiba.

Medical sources said 13 of the injured were in a serious to critical condition.

The bus was one of four traveling in a convoy, Foreign Ministry official Danny Miran told Channel 10 TV. He said Israel's consul was on his way to the scene from Cairo.

The tour group was apparently returning to Israel after a trip to the southern Sinai resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. The group's driver and two tour guides are Egyptian nationals.

Egypt has a history of serious bus and car crashes on its roads and highways, which are often poorly maintained or without stringent traffic regulations.