Traffic accident kills 30 people in Syria

At least 30 people were killed as fuel tanker collided with two passenger buses and several other cars on a highway near the capital Damascus, Syria’s official news agency reported on Saturday.

According to SANA, the accident occurred on the Damascus-Homs road in the Baghdad Bridge area on Saturday, adding that a number of other people were injured.

No details were immediately available and it was not clear what caused the accident, the agency concluded.

E.M