A passenger bus crash in Algeria outside the capital, Algiers, results in significant casualties. Multiple outlets report that the bus veers off the road and plunges into a ravine near the coastal area of Boumerdes Province. The incident is described as occurring in or near the El Karma area, about 50 kilometres east of Algiers. Authorities cited by the reports confirm deaths and injuries, with figures differing slightly across sources: at least 25 people are reported killed in several accounts, while others report higher totals in the high-20s as new information is assessed. Injuries are consistently reported as substantial, with figures around the mid-40s in some reports and “dozens” in others. The cause of the crash is not specified in the accounts provided, and outlets do not describe charges or investigations. The reports agree that Algerian civil defence and other local authorities are responding and assessing the scene.
Algerian passenger bus plunges into ravine near Algiers, killing at least 25
A passenger bus crash in Algeria outside the capital, Algiers, results in significant casualties. Multiple outlets report that the bus veers off the road and plunges into a ravine near the coastal are...
- A passenger bus crashes after leaving the road and plunging into a ravine outside Algiers.
- The crash location is described as near Boumerdes Province, including the El Karma area.
- At least 25 people are reported killed; some reports cite a higher death toll as figures are updated.
- About 44 people are reported injured in some accounts; other outlets describe “dozens” injured.
- Authorities, including Algerian civil defence, confirm casualties and respond to the scene.
At least 25 people have been killed and dozens others injured in a bus crash in Algeria.
1 month agoDozens also injured in accident outside the country's capital Algiers.
1 month agoThe bus, which was travelling near the coastal town of Boumerdes, east of capital Algiers, left the road for unknown reasons, according to the country's Civil Defence.
1 month agoAt least 25 people have been confirmed dead, while 44 others were injured after a passenger bus veered off the road and plunged into a ravine in northern Algeria on Friday. The tragic accident occurred in the El Karma area of Boumerdes Province, about 50 kilometres east of the capital, Algiers. According to Algeria’s Civil […] 25 killed, 44 injured as passenger bus plunges into Ravine in Algeria
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