KABUL (Pajhwok): At least 11 people have been killed and 19 others injured after a passenger bus overturned in Iran’s Ilam province, the country’s Ministry of Health says.
Hossein Kermanpour, spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Health, wrote on his X account that the accident took place on the Dasht Abbas–Murmuri road on Saturday at 7:24pm
He said all 19 injured passengers had been taken to hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, Iranian media reported that the bus was carrying employees of an oil company.
According to the reports, the passengers were residents of Abdanan district and worked for the NGL Dehloran oil company.
Following the accident, one day of public mourning was declared in Ilam province and two days in Abdanan district.
The exact cause of the crash has not yet been disclosed.
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