Posted on 12/16/2008 8:05:28 AM PST by george76
An Israeli bus full of newly arrived Russian tourists veered off a desert road and plunged down a ravine on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and seriously injuring about a dozen more.
The crash, in the desert north of the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat, was one of the worst Israeli road accidents for years.
Soldiers, police and rescue workers rushed to the scene and army helicopters helped evacuate dozens of injured survivors.
"I saw people flying out of the windows as the bus rolled down the slope," said one driver who witnessed the crash.
Eilat, at Israel's southern tip, borders on Jordan and Egypt and is a popular tourist destination. It is a particularly popular spot for Russians who come for winter sunshine.
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Man, what is it with Russians? They can’t drive a bus, you load more than two of them into a submarine and it ends up at the bottom of a trench somewhere, no wonder these guys never made a real play to conquer the world: it requires vehicles to actually get there.
Be interested to learn the driver’s religion...
It was an Israeli tour bus, not Russian. But it says nothing about who the driver was or what the cause of the accident might have been. Later, maybe.
He tried to pass another bus on what is a winding road, lost control, and went into a ravine.
Sad to hear about the bus crash, but you know Putin is plotting his power play against Odumbo at this very moment.
Buses don't merely have accidents or crash. They almost always plunge. So much so that there's a site devoted to the phenomenon:
And don’t forget Aeroflot.
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