TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed and 42 others injured after a bus overturned Monday night on an intercity road in the western Iranian province of Kurdestan, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported early Tuesday.

Forty-two others were injured in the accident, which occurred in Qorveh county at 20:40 local time (1710 GMT), the report said.

There were 46 passengers on the bus when the accident occurred in Qorveh county at 20:40 local time (1710 GMT), Hossein Jafari, head of the emergency medical services of Kurdestan University of Medical Sciences, was quoted as saying.

The injured have been rushed to medical centers in the province, he added.

The official news agency IRNA said that slippery road and over-speeding might be factors behind the accident. Enditem

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