Cairo: The driver of a bus carrying 17 German tourists has died after the bus, heading towards the city of Noweiba in Egypt, crashed, security sources said on Wednesday.

Some 15 wounded passengers were taken to the Sharm Al Shaikh hospital, while the other two were in a stable condition, sources said.

The bus was travelling on a windy stretch of road before one of the tyres burst causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle.