Illegal migrant killed, 27 hurt as police bus overturns near Jazan
Published: Mar 3, 2011 23:41 Updated: Mar 3, 2011 23:41
JAZAN: A Yemeni was killed and 27 other passengers injured when a bus carrying detained illegal migrants overturned on the Habas mountain road close to the Yemeni border in Jazan province Wednesday morning, said Border Guard spokesman Col. Abdullah Mahfouz.
The injured passengers included Yemenis and Ethiopians in addition to two border guards. A critically injured officer was admitted to Bani Malik Hospital while other injured passengers were taken to different hospitals in the area, Al-Madinah newspaper reported on Thursday.