21 killed, 38 wounded in Greshk road crash

KABUL (Pajhwok): Twenty-one people were killed and left 38 others wounded in a collision in southern Helmand province on Sunday morning.

Local officials say 11 of the injured are struggling for life. The accident happened on the Herat-Kandahar highway.

According to the Information and Culture Department, the crash took place in the Yakhchal locality of Greshk district.

A passenger bus ploughed into an oiltanker after hitting a motorbike, igniting a fire on both vehicles.

Sixteen passengers travelling in the bus were killed, a statement from the Information Department said in a statement.

Two motorcyclists and three individuals in the oil tanker also lost their lives. The injured were evacuated to hospitals in Greshk and Lashkargah, the provincial capital.

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