2 killed, 25 injured as bus overturns in central Iran


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  • Thursday, 28 Nov 2024

TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and 25 others injured as a bus overturned on an intercity road in the central Iranian province of Isfahan on Wednesday, Iran's state-run IRIB TV reported.

The accident, which occurred on the road from the city of Tiran to Najafabad County at 14:45 local time (1115 GMT), was reported to the provincial Red Crescent Society's command center at 15:50 local time (1220 GMT), the IRIB quoted Bemanali Yousefi, the society's deputy head for rescue and relief operations, as saying.

Four operational teams of the Red Crescent Society were immediately sent to the scene and transferred the injured to nearby medical centers, he added.

On the causes of the incident, Isfahan province's traffic police chief, Ali Molavi, said over-speeding and slippery road had led to the driver's failure to control the bus, according to the official news agency IRNA.

He added that 26 passengers were on the bus when the incident took place.

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