Bus crash kills 14, injures 34 in Algeria

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Fourteen people were killed and 34 injured when a passenger bus overturned on a national highway in southern Algeria.

The Civil Protection Service said the vehicle flipped onto its roof while travelling on the route linking Béchar and Tindouf.

Rescue crews treated the wounded at the scene before transferring several in critical condition to a nearby hospital.

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