LUSAKA, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- A total of 18 people were killed and 47 others seriously wounded when a bus collided with a fuel tanker in Zambia's Northern Province early Tuesday morning, Zambian Police Service spokesman Kapeso told Xinhua.
Kapeso said the accident occurred between 04:00 hours and 05:00 hours local time on Tuesday at Matumbo in Chinsali district of Zambia's Northern Province, and of the dead, 11 are males while seven are female passengers.
The injured passengers have been admitted to Chinsali district hospital, Kapeso said.
According to the spokesman, the Scania Marco Polo Bus with the registration number ABL 2284 was coming from Kitwe, Zambia's famous copper mine city, when it collided head on with a fuel tanker with the registration number T362 which is traveling from Nakonde.
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