SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Seven Russians were killed in a tourist bus crash in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, police and hospital sources said on Tuesday.

Seventeen other people were injured in the crash that took place on Monday night, they said. The bus was travelling from Sharm el-Sheikh at the southern tip of the peninsula to Dahab on the east coast and overturned about 5 km (3 miles) south of Dahab. The injured include Russians, Ukrainians and Latvians.

Police said on Monday that six tourists were killed.

It is the third time in four months that an Egyptian bus carrying tourists has overturned with fatal results. Seven Belgians were killed in an accident in October and three Italians died when a bus overturned in September.

Road crashes are not uncommon in Egypt, owing to reckless driving and poor road conditions. (Reporting by Ahmed Fahmi; Writing by Alastair Sharp; editing by Elizabeth Piper)

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