EL-ARISH (Ma'an) -- Ten Egyptian police officers and soldiers were wounded in two road accidents in Sinai, an Egyptian security official said Sunday.

An army patrol overturned on al-Hasna road in central Sinai on Saturday due to bad weather conditions, injuring five soldiers, the security officer told Ma'an.

Early Sunday morning, five police officers were injured in a car crash on a ring road in el-Arish. They were taken to el-Arish hospital.