( dpa )- At least seven people were killed and 33 injured Thursday when a bus from Bahrain heading towards the city of al- Madina al-Monawara in Saudi Arabia collided with a truck carrying gasoline, officials said.
The collision on the al-Qasim highway saw the bus engulfed by flames from spilt gasoline, a spokesman for the country's civil defence police department told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. The accident was under investigation by Saudi authorities.