Cairo, Nov 25 (AP) A head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Sudan's West Kordofan province killed at least nine people and injured more than three dozen others, the country's state-run news agency reported Wednesday.

Sudan's SUNA news agency said that the crash took place Tuesday night on a highway near the town of Abu Zabad, more than 600 kilometers (370 miles) south of the capital, Khartoum.

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The report said the bus carried oil company employees while street vendors had boarded the truck.

The report gave no cause for the crash.

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Traffic crashes are common in Sudan, often the result of badly maintained roads and poor enforcement of traffic laws. (AP)

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