Nine killed in Iran accident
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
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