Yemen's state-run media say a passenger bus has overturned while driving in a mountainous area in the country's southwest, killing at least 14 people. The official SABA news agency said the vehicle was traveling Sunday on a highway overlooking a rocky area in the Maqatra district when it suffered a mechanical failure and tumbled to the ground.
SANAA, Yemen — A passenger bus overturned while driving Sunday in a mountainous area in southwestern Yemen , killing at least 14 people, state-run media reported.
The bus was transporting 14 passengers from the southern province of Aden, the seat of the internationally recognized government, to the southwestern province of Taiz, the agency reported.Deadly traffic crashes are not uncommon in Yemen, where a decade of civil war wrecked the country’s infrastructure. The crashes claim thousands of lives every year and are mostly caused by speeding, bad roads, or poor enforcement of traffic laws.
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