TEHRAN: At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured when a bus crashed in central Iran, official media reported on Tuesday.
The bus overturned in Yazd province while travelling between the cities of Bushehr in southwestern Iran and Mashhad in the northeast, state television reported.
“The accident left 10 people dead and 41 injured, according to initial figures,” he said, without specifying the total number of passengers on board.
Iran has a poor road safety record, with more than 20,000 deaths recorded in accidents in the year through March, according to the judiciary's Forensic Medicine Organization cited by local media.
Last month, a bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims crashed in central Iran, killing 28 people as they headed to Iraq for Shi'ite Shi'ite pilgrimage, one of the most important events in the Shi'ite Muslim calendar.
Days later, another bus accident killed three people and injured 48 others.
