Dubai: Seven Indians were among 15 oil workers who were killed in a head-on collision between two buses in southern Kuwait, Kuwaiti officials said.

The Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) put the death toll at 15.

It said the two buses collided head-on thus causing the high casualty figure, KUNA news agency reported.

Firefighters rushed to the scene to rescue the injured.

One of them was taken by an ambulance and the other by air to hospital.

The firefighters had immediately intervened to help four individuals who were trapped in a wreckage of mangled metal.

The Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) said the buses were transporting employees of contracting firms that work for the company when the accident occurred near the Burgan oil field.

Seven of the victims were Indians, five Egyptians, three Pakistanis, in addition to two who were injured—one Indian and the other Kuwaiti. </s> KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait’s state-owned oil company says a bus collision has killed 15 of its workers.

The Kuwait Oil Company said in a statement that the victims of Sunday’s head-on bus collision include seven Indians, five Egyptians and three Pakistanis. At least two Indian workers and a Kuwaiti were injured in the accident.

The company says the buses were transporting employees of contracting firms that work for the Kuwait Oil Company, and that the crash took place after the end of the workers’ shift.

The crash occurred near Burgan oil field, in the southeastern desert.

The company says ambulances and helicopters were dispatched to the site of the crash to assist in rescue operations. </s> At least 15 people, most of them from the Indian subcontinent, were killed Sunday in a head-on collision between two buses in southern Kuwait, officials said.

Seven of those killed were Indian nationals, five were Egyptians and the other three from Pakistan, said Mohammed al-Basri of the state-owned Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).

Fire-fighters were immediately rushed to the scene to rescue the injured. Fire department spokesman Colonel Khalil al-Amir said the victims were employees of Burgan Drilling, a private subcontractor for KOC.

In a statement, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) announced that the buses were transporting employees of contracting firms that worked for the company when the crash occurred near Burgan oil field.

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 Kuwait City: Fifteen oil workers, most of them from the Indian subcontinent, were killed Sunday in a head-on collision between two buses in southern Kuwait, officials said.

 Seven of those killed were Indian nationals, five were Egyptians and the other three from Pakistan, said Mohammed al-Basri of the state-owned Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).

 Two Indian citizens — one in critical condition — and a Kuwaiti were also injured in the accident, Basri told AFP.

 Fire department spokesman Colonel Khalil al-Amir said the victims were employees of Burgan Drilling, a private subcontractor for KOC.

 Like the other Arab states of the oil-rich Gulf, Kuwait has drawn international condemnation for its track record on migrant workers’ rights and labour conditions. </s> Kuwait City, Kuwait | AFP | Fifteen oil workers, most of them from the Indian subcontinent, were killed Sunday in a head-on collision between two buses in southern Kuwait, officials said.

Seven of those killed were Indian nationals, five were Egyptians and the other three from Pakistan, said Mohammed al-Basri of the state-owned Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).

Two Indian citizens — one in critical condition — and a Kuwaiti were also injured in the accident, Basri told AFP.

Fire department spokesman Colonel Khalil al-Amir said the victims were employees of Burgan Drilling, a private subcontractor for KOC.

Like the other Arab states of the oil-rich Gulf, Kuwait has drawn international condemnation for its track record on migrant workers’ rights and labour conditions.

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This post was syndicated from The Independent Uganda:. Click here to read the full text on the original website. </s> Victims were employees of Burgan Drilling, a private subcontractor for Kuwait Oil Company

Fifteen oil workers, most of them from the Indian subcontinent, were killed in a head-on collision between two buses near Burgan oil field in southern Kuwait on Sunday.

Seven of those killed were Indian nationals, five were Egyptians and the other three from Pakistan, said Mohammed Al Basri of the state-owned Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).

Fire department spokesman Colonel Khalil Al Amir said the victims were employees of Burgan Drilling, a private subcontractor for KOC.

Two Indian citizens, one in critical condition, and a Kuwaiti were injured in the accident, Mr Al Basri told Agence France-Presse.

Four other people remained trapped in the vehicles, according to a fire department statement carried by the Kuwaiti News Agency. </s> A bus from Oman has smashed into a warning sign coming off a major highway in Dubai, killing 17 people, authorities said.

A bus from Oman has smashed into a warning sign coming off a major highway in Dubai, killing 17 people, authorities said.

17 killed in Dubai as bus smashes into warning sign

At least 12 Indians were among the dead and the number could increase, Indian consular officials said.

The bus drove straight into a low-clearance sign in Dubai’s Rashidiya neighbourhood, smashing through the driver’s side of the bus.

The sign hangs over a car-only off-ramp of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road.

Mwasalat, a government-owned bus company in Oman, said the crash involving its Muscat-to-Dubai route. It said it would suspend the service for the immediate future.

Dubai police said the dead included different nationalities. At least three others were injured in the crash.

“Sometimes a minor error or negligence during driving leads to serious consequences,” police said on Twitter, without elaborating on the cause of the crash. </s> A bus from Oman smashed into a warning sign coming off a major highway in Dubai, killing 17 people, including at least 12 Indians, authorities said Friday.

The number of Indians killed in the crash Thursday night in the United Arab Emirates could increase further, Indian consular officials said.

The bus drove straight into a low-clearance sign in Dubai’s Rashidiya neighbourhood around 6 p.m., smashing through the driver’s side of the bus. The sign hangs over a car-only off-ramp of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, a major highway in Dubai.

Mwasalat, a government-owned bus company in Oman, said the crash involving its Muscat-to-Dubai route. It said it would suspend the service for the immediate future.

Dubai police said the dead included different nationalities, without elaborating. At least three others were injured in the crash.

“Sometimes a minor error or negligence during driving leads to serious consequences,” police said on Twitter, without elaborating on the cause of the crash. </s> At least 27 people were killed and another 13 injured when a bus caught fire after crashing into a truck in southern Pakistan, officials said on Tuesday.

The accident occurred on Monday evening in the city of Lasbela when a tyre on the bus burst causing the driver to lose control and crash into the truck, local police spokesperson Mohamed Ramzan told EFE.
Two buses collide head-on in Kuwait, killing fifteen oil workers from India, Egypt, and Pakistan. Six people are injured.