At least 25 killed as bus overturns in Algeria

A 26-year-old man died on Saturday after losing control of his motorcycle on the N2
The civil protection agency said the injured were taken to nearby hospitals. File picture: (JAROMIR CHALABALA/123RF)

At least 25 people were killed and 44 injured on Friday when a bus overturned in Algeria’s Boumerdès governorate, the civil protection agency said.

The agency said the injured were taken to nearby hospitals.

Ennahar TV reported that Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb arrived at the University Hospital of Boumerdès, where some of those injured had been taken.

Reuters



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