The Algerian Civil Protection (Civil Defense) announced that a traffic accident occurred in the state of Tamanrasset, in the south of the country, on Wednesday, killing 34 people and injuring 12 others.
It added in a statement that the accident occurred after a passenger bus collided with a car, and a fire ensued.
In February, a bus traveling from the Algerian capital Algiers to Tikjda, a mountain resort popular with tourists, fell 150 meters into a ravine near the town of El Asnam, killing ten people.
In 2016, a truck collided with a bus that burst into flames in the small hours near the city of Aflou, 248 miles south of the capital, killing 33.
MEHR news agency reported that in 2021 Algeria recorded almost 7,186 traffic accidents, resulting in 2,643 deaths and 11,479 injuries.
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