At least 12 people have been killed after a bus carrying workers from a gas refinery overturned in Iran. Another 16 people were injured. The accident happened on Sunday, 15 November, in an area bordering Iraq.
Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported that the crash took place between Abdanan and Dehloran. The bus was carrying workers from a gas refinery.
A local official told IRNA that 12 people died at the scene and 16 were injured when the bus overturned. An investigation is under way into the cause of the accident.
Some of the injured are in critical condition, so the death toll could rise, the official said.
Road deaths in Iran are at an alarming level, and the poor state of the country’s road infrastructure adds to the risk of accidents. According to one report, about 20,000 people died in road accidents in Iran in the year from March last year to March this year.
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