School bus, truck collide in Libya, 18 students injured

Five students were in intensive care and 13 others had minor injuries after a school bus-truck collision Monday in Libya, the Libya Herald reported. The bus was carrying the students from their homes in Ajdabiya to Brega when it collided with a large truck near the Eastern Gate checkpoint, said Abdul Latif Abughrara, a witness. Five of the students were admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital in Ajdabiya and the rest were treated for minor injures, the Herald said. Copyright 2013 United Press International, Inc. (UPI). Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.