70 dead in Iran as tanker crashes

More than 70 people were killed when a petrol tanker crashed into public buses in south east Iran, state television reported today.

“Over 70 people have been killed and more than 84 are injured,” a local official identified as Nouraei told the television channel.

The accident happened on the main road between Bam and Zahedan, the channel said. The tanker collided with buses full of passengers that had stopped at a police station.