Bus crash kills 12, injures 23 in Algeria


ALGIERS, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 people were killed, and 23 others injured Saturday when a passenger bus overturned in Algeria's western Beni Abbes province, the Civil Protection service said.

The crash happened around 1:50 p.m. local time (1250 GMT) on National Road 50 near the municipality of Tabelbala, about 1,200 km southwest of the country's capital, Algiers.

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