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More than 12 Wounded in Pileup on Jal el-Dib Highway

More than 12 people were injured on Wednesday morning when several military vehicles were involved in a pileup on the Antelias-Jal el-Dib highway, north of Beirut.

The Traffic Management Center said five vehicles smashed into each other, leaving 13 people injured.

TMC did not specify if the vehicles belonged to the army and if the wounded were military personnel.

But Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) said the Red Cross treated and transported 14 people involved in the accident which happened during heavy rain.

The pileup caused bumper-to-bumper traffic during the morning rush hour.

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H.K.


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