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At least 12 people have died, and 16 others have been injured after a bus carrying employees of a gas refinery overturned in western Iran, state media reported on Sunday.
The accident occurred late on Saturday on the road between Abdanan and Dehloran, close to the Iraqi border, according to the IRNA news agency.
“After a bus carrying employees of a gas refinery overturned, 12 people unfortunately lost their lives, and 16 were injured,” IRNA said, citing a local official.
Authorities warned that the death toll could increase due to the severity of some of the injuries.Â
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Iran has a high rate of road fatalities. The country’s official Legal Medicine Organisation reported in June that nearly 20,000 people died in traffic accidents in the 12 months leading up to March.
