Seven Indians were among 15 oil workers who were killed on Saturday after two buses in southern Kuwait collided, PTI reported. Another Indian and a Kuwaiti were critically injured in the accident at Al Wafrah highway. Four people sustained injuries in the incident, Khaleej Times reported.
The victims were employees of Burgan Drilling, a private subcontractor of the state-owned Kuwait Oil Company. Five of the deceased were Egyptians and three were from Pakistan, officials said.
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