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Afghan official: 50 dead after buses collide with tanker

Injured Afghan men lie in an ambulance after an accident on the main highway linking the capital, Kabul, to the southern city of Kandahar, in Ghazni province eastern of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 8, 2016. Officials say two buses and a fuel tanker have collided on a major highway in Afghanistan, killing at least 14 people. Dozens more people were wounded in the accident, which set all three vehicles ablaze, and the death toll is expected to rise. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)
Injured Afghan men lie in an ambulance after an accident on the main highway linking the capital, Kabul, to the southern city of Kandahar, in Ghazni province eastern of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 8, 2016. Officials say two buses and a fuel tanker have collided on a major highway in Afghanistan, killing at least 14 people. Dozens more people were wounded in the accident, which set all three vehicles ablaze, and the death toll is expected to rise. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad) Injured Afghan men lie in an ambulance after an accident on the main highway linking the capital, Kabul, to the southern city of Kandahar, in Ghazni province eastern of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 8, 2016. Officials say two buses and a fuel tanker have collided on a major highway in Afghanistan, killing at least 14 people. Dozens more people were wounded in the accident, which set all three vehicles ablaze, and the death toll is expected to rise. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)

By Associated Press 1 min read

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – An Afghan official says at least 50 people died in a highway collision involving two buses and a fuel tanker.

Jawed Salangi, spokesman for the governor of eastern Ghazni province, says another 73 people who were on the buses are seriously wounded.

He says “up to 52” people, including women and children, were killed in the crash, which another official earlier blamed on reckless driving.

The collision happened on the main highway linking the capital, Kabul, to the southern city of Kandahar.