Children among 16 killed in car crash in southern Yemen
Al Jazeera
A bus collided with a truck in Yemen’s second-deadliest traffic accident in recent years, and the worst so far in 2026.
At least 16 people, including eight women and children, have been killed in a collision between a bus and a truck in southern Yemen, according to local authorities.
The accident occurred in the Lahmar area of the Al-Mahfad district, on a key transit route linking the provinces of Abyan and Shabwa, authorities said on Tuesday.
The impact of the two vehicles led to a catastrophic fire that engulfed the small bus, leaving no survivors among the passengers, Turkiye’s Anadolu news agency reported.
The Reuters news agency, citing a statement issued by security officials, said the accident was the result of “improper overtaking” on a dangerous bend in the road, while the bus’s use of gas as a fuel “caused an immediate fire that resulted in everyone inside being burned”.
Tuesday’s crash was the second-deadliest traffic accident in Yemen in recent years, and the worst so far in 2026.
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