Reports from Afghanistan have it that about 24 people were killed when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine after a head-on collision with a truck.
According to officials in northern Afghanistan on Friday, December 25, 2015, women and children were among those killed in the accident Thursday on a major highway in Samangan province.
The scene of the accident in Afghanistan. Photo: Yahoo News
According to Yahoo news, a statement by Sarajuddin Fitrat, the governor of Hazrat Sultan district where the accident occurred, read: “The crash happened when the bus carrying more than 50 passengers was travelling from Kabul to Mazar-i-Sharif.
“Twenty four people were killed and 17 others were injured.”
In a related development, eight people were confirmed dead in a Christmas Eve explosion that rocked a gas plant in Nnewi, Anambra state, eastern Nigeria.
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