BEIRUT, March 15 (Xinhua) -- At least eight Syrian nationals were killed and 30 others injured on Friday in a bus crash in the town of Kahhaleh, east of Lebanon's capital Beirut.
A security source told Xinhua that the bus, which was carrying Syrian refugees, hit a concrete barrier that separates the lanes on the main highway that links Beirut to Damascus, after the driver lost control of the vehicle.
Local Red Cross official George Kettaneh confirmed the deaths. He told LBCI TV that paramedics have transported the 30 injured to local hospitals.
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