Eight Americans were killed in Cairo when A tour bus collided with a truck on Sunday. The tourists were on a trip to ancient temples of Abu Simbel  which is located near Lake Nasser in Egypt.

Among the 8 Americans died, six were men and two were women. Egyptian officials shifted the injured Americans to a military hospital immediately after the incident by an aircraft but could not be saved.

The bus carried 37 tourists and there were three buses carrying 116 American tourists who were on a trip to Egypt. However, after the accident rest two buses did not continue their journey and returned to Aswan.

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo also acknowledged that injured American tourists were sent to military hospital but denied having any report after that.