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MUSCAT, OMAN: A head-on collision involving a truck and a bus killed 18 people of various nationalities, including two Pakistanis in western Oman on Tuesday, police said.
Sixteen people were also injured in the pre-dawn accident on the road between Ibri and Fahud, police said in a statement.
The bus was carrying passengers from Salalah in southwestern Oman to Dubai, the Times of Oman reported, citing the Gulf Transport Company which operates the service.
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The dead included six Omanis, four Saudis, two Pakistanis and a Yemeni, police said, adding that the injured included 11 Omanis, two Saudis, a Chinese and a Pakistani. The nationality of a man in the intensive care remained unknown.
Foreigners among 18 dead in #Oman #bus #crash https://t.co/w6BHf3TeOz pic.twitter.com/J3y9iQHAeI
— New Straits Times (@NST_Online) March 1, 2016
وفاة 18 شخصاً وإصابة 16 آخرين بإصابات مختلفة في حادث سير في فهود.
— شرطة عُمان السلطانية (@RoyalOmanPolice) March 1, 2016
التفاصيل...https://t.co/wwyvx0NRBm pic.twitter.com/Y4ax8ATL7q
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The two vehicles collided head-on in the desert area, Lieutenant Colonel Saeed al-Dawoudi said in the statement, adding that a car later crashed into the wreckage.
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