Dozens dead, injured in Afghan bus crash

GHANZI, Afghanistan, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Dozens of people in the eastern Afghan province of Ghanzi were killed or injured when a civilian bus collided with an oil tanker Friday, officials said.

The provincial governor's spokesman Zarawar Zahid said the majority of the victims -- an exact number was not reported -- were killed when the oil tanker caught fire after the accident.

Afghan police officers rescued six civilians from the wreckage, Khaama Press reported.