A bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashed in central Iran, killing at least 28 people, an official said Wednesday.
Enraged over the accident, locals reached the spot and blocked the road.
The crash happened Tuesday night in the central Iranian province of Yazd, said Mohammad Ali Malekzadeh, a local emergency official, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
“A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims overturned and caught fire in front of Dehshir-Taft checkpoint in the central province of Yazd on Tuesday night,” state TV reported.
“28 people have been killed and 23 injured so far with the possibility of death toll increasing,” it added.
Another 23 people suffered injuries in the crash, 14 of them serious, he added.
There had been 51 people on board at the time of the crash.
The pilgrims had been on their way to Iraq to commemorate Arbaeen, which marks the 40th day following the death of a Shiite saint in the 7th century.
