Eighteen people have been killed after an early morning accident involving a bus, a trailer and a four-wheel drive vehicle in Oman.
Another fourteen people have been seriously injured.
The Royal Oman Police said in a statement on Twitter that the accident had taken place on the road between the towns of Ibri and Fahud in the governorate of Al Dhahirah.
The Times of Oman reported that those injured as a result of the accident were being treated in hospitals in Ibri and Nizwa.
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