Bus accident claims lives of 3 students

Muscat: A bus veering off lane on the Al Batinah highway has claimed the lives of 3 students. The bus also hit a policeman off the road, and then a truck.

Three female students died and 7 other people were injured.

The Royal Oman Police (ROP) said: “Three female students died and seven others sustained moderate to severe injuries as a result of a bus deviating off the Batinah highway lane after the Mikhalev Bridge in Saham and colliding with a police officer off the road and then a truck that was on its track on the service road.“