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Bus collision kills 15 oil workers in Kuwait

Four other workers were hospitalised, some in critical condition

Fifteen workers with an oil drilling company were killed in a head-on collision between two buses in southern Kuwait on Sunday, the fire department said.

Fire department spokesman Colonel Khalil al-Amir told AFP that the victims, mostly Asian expats, were employees of Burgan Drilling, a private subcontractor.

Four other workers were hospitalised, some in critical condition, Amir said, without giving the nationalities of the casualties.

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