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Syria: 35 dead, 30 injured in major bus crash
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Syria: 35 dead, 30 injured in major bus crash

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

At a glance

News Official statement Outcome reported
  • A collision between two buses on the Deir al-Zur to Damascus highway in Syria resulted in at least 35 deaths and 30 injuries.
  • One bus was carrying members of the Internal Security Forces, while the other was a civilian bus.
  • Emergency services were mobilized, and hospitals were placed on high alert to receive the injured.

At least 35 people died and 30 were injured in a severe bus crash on the highway connecting Deir al-Zur in eastern Syria with the capital, Damascus. The accident occurred on Saturday.

Official sources confirmed the fatalities and injuries. The Ministry of Interior stated that the crash involved "a bus carrying members of the Internal Security Forces and a civilian bus." The Syrian official news agency SANA reported that the casualty figures are subject to ongoing monitoring and may change as more information becomes available from the crash site.

The figures announced are subject to continuous monitoring and could vary according to the information received from the accident site.

— SANAThe official Syrian news agency provided an update on the casualty count.

In response to the tragedy, Syria's ambulance and emergency system was immediately placed on high alert. Najb al-Naasan, director of the Ministry of Health's Emergency Department, informed SANA that operating rooms and hospitals in the Deir al-Zur and Homs provinces were also put on maximum readiness to accommodate the injured. Ambulance teams continued to transport victims from the scene, distributing them among hospitals based on the severity of their injuries and the facilities' capacities.

Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab extended his condolences to the families of all those who perished in the accident.

the ambulance and emergency system was immediately placed on high alert.

— Najib al-NaasanThe director of the Emergency Department of the Ministry of Health described the response.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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