33 killed and 24 injured in Sudan bus crash

33 people were killed and around 24 others sustained serious injuries when a bus collided with a people-carrier today in El Kamlein. The crash occurred on an inter-city road between a passenger van traveling from Khartoum to Al-Hasahisa crashed in to a bus en route to Khartoum from Sinja. The El Kamlein traffic police director Colonel Maher Mahjoub said an overtake attempt by the driver of the smaller vehicle was to blame for the deadly accident which killed all 25 van passengers. The director of the Khartoum morgue, Dr Akeel Ibrahim, said most deaths were the result of crushed bones due to the powerful collision. El Kamlein governor Yussef Al-Zubair has been reported as saying that such accidents may be avoided by switching to one-direction traffic.