DAMASCUS, Mar 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – As many as 22 civilians lost their lives and 70 others wounded on Saturday, in an accident on the Damascus-Homs highway, state news agency SANA reported.
The accident happened when a fuel tanker hit two passenger buses and 15 other cars, said the report.
It said, the accident took place near the Jisr Bagdad area, between the capital Damascus and Homs province.
Citing Syria’s Interior Minister, Mohammad Rahmoun, the report said, the civil defence units were removing the cars off the road.
Rahmoun said, the breaks of the fuel tanker were not working, which caused the accident.– NNN-XINHUA
