Nine killed in Iran accident

Nine killed, 13 injured in Iran bus-fuel truck crash, the second major road accident in days.


Afp December 24, 2024
This handout picture released by the Iranian Red Crescent shows rescue workers and police officers at the scene of a fatal bus accident in the Pa-alam area on December 21, 2024. At least 10 people were killed on December 21 when a bus plunged into a ravine in Iran’s western Lorestan province, state media reported. PHOTO: AFP

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TEHRAN:

At least nine people were killed on Monday when a bus collided with a fuel truck in Iran's southeast, state media reported, the second mass casualty road accident within days.

Mohammad Mehdi Sajjadi, head of the Red Crescent Society in Sistan-Baluchestan province, told the official IRNA news agency that "nine people lost their lives and 13 others were injured in the accident in which a bus collided with a fuel truck near Zahedan".

On Saturday, 10 people were killed when a bus plunged into a ravine in Iran's western Lorestan province. In August, 28 Pakistani Muslim pilgrims en route to Iraq were killed when their bus crashed in central Iran. AFP

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