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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Algeria: Bus Collides with Tanker, 9 Dead

An ambulance is parked outside the infectious diseases department at Boufarik Hospital, in Boufarik, Algeria May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Abdelaziz Boumzar

Nine people have been killed in a collision between a bus and a fuel tanker in southeast Algeria, the civil defense said on Sunday.

The crash, in which six other people were injured, happened Saturday night in Illizi, a statement said, without identifying the cause of the crash.

Speed is the main cause of road accidents in the country, according to a government road safety agency.

Algeria recorded more than 3,000 traffic fatalities in 2021.

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