ALGIERS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- At least 18 people were killed and nine injured on Friday when a passenger bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a streambed in El Harrach, east of Algiers, Algeria's Civil Protection agency said.
The accident occurred at around 5:45 p.m. (1645 GMT), the agency said. Two of the injured were in critical condition.
