Bus and truck collide in Algeria killing 15 people

Algiers – A collision between a bus and a truck in Algeria on Sunday killed 15 people and injured another 15, state radio reported.

• The crash happened on a major highway in the Ghardaia region, in the Sahara desert, the radio report said, quoting emergency services. It said five of the injured were in a serious condition.

  In September last year, a collision between two buses in the Medea region of northern Algeria killed 11 people and wounded 65.

  Road accidents kill about 4 000 people each year in Algeria, a North African country with a population of 35-million people.