TEHRAN, Jun 24 (NNN-TASNIM) – At least six people were killed and 25 others injured, in a 26-car pile-up on an intercity road, in south-western Iran yesterday.
The incident occurred at 10:50 a.m. local time (0720 GMT), when a semi-trailer truck carrying iron girders, collided into 25 other vehicles, because of the malfunction of its brake system, the report said.
A number of pedestrians were also hit in the incident, in the province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, it added.
The number of people injured in the incident is still rising, President of Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Saeed Javdan-Sirat, was quoted as saying.– NNN-TASNIM
