Bus collision kills 15 oil workers in Kuwait

Fifteen workers with an oil drilling company were killed in a head-on collision in Kuwait. (Shutterstock)

KUWAIT CITY: 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 Col. Khalil Al-Amir told AFP that the victims, mostly Asian expats, were employees of Burgan Drilling, a private subcontractor.
Four other workers were hospitalized, some in critical condition, Amir said, without giving the nationalities of the casualties.
The Kuwait Oil Company said in a statement that the victims of Sunday’s head-on bus collision include seven Indians, five Egyptians and three Pakistanis. At least two Indian workers and a Kuwaiti were injured in the accident.
The company says the buses were transporting employees of contracting firms that work for the Kuwait Oil Company, and that the crash took place after the end of the workers’ shift.
The crash occurred near Burgan oil field, in the southeastern desert.
The company says ambulances and helicopters were dispatched to the site of the crash to assist in rescue operations.