MNA � At least 27 people have been killed in the city of Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, after a fuel tanker rammed into a passenger bus and burst into flames.







At least 27 people have been killed in the city of Sanandaj�after an oil tanker collided with a passenger bus; a�number of people are also reported to have been severely injured during the collision.

According to Kurdistan�Road Police, the tragic incident took place in the�early hours�before dawn on�Wednesday in an�inter-city highway.

One of the two bus drivers who survived the incident said that the bus had�stopped�to pick up�passengers�behind a pickup truck, where suddenly an oil tanker rammed into the bus and both burst into flames.

According to reports, an oil tanker exporting south-Kurdistani oil to East-Kurdistan was involved in the crash.