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14 killed in a car crash in Yemen, reports state media

SANAA (AP) – A passenger bus overturned while driving on Sunday in a mountainous area in southwestern Yemen, killing at least 14 people, state-run media reported.

The vehicle was traveling on a highway overlooking a rocky area in the Maqatra district when it suffered a mechanical failure and tumbled to the ground, according to the state-run SABA news agency.

The bus was transporting 14 passengers from the southern province of Aden, the seat of the internationally recognised government, to the southwestern province of Taiz, the agency reported.

It said only one person survived the crash and was taken to hospital for treatment.

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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