Bus crash kills 11 in Iran

Eleven people were killed when a passenger bus collided with a car and then a pick-up truck in northwestern Iran today, state…

Eleven people were killed when a passenger bus collided with a car and then a pick-up truck in northwestern Iran today, state television reported.

Another 11 people were injured in the crash in the province of West Azerbaijan.

Most of those killed were in the bus, which was trying to overtake a vehicle ahead of it, the report said.

One person dies every 20 minutes on Iran's dangerous roads, statistics show.

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