Morocco bus crash: At least 33 killed in explosion after bus carrying child athletes collides with petrol tanker on desert road (Video)

More than 30 people have been killed in Morocco in a head-on crash between a bus carrying young athletes and a petrol tanker.

At least 33 people died when the coach collided with the tanker, causing a huge explosion that engulfed both vehicles in flames.

Eight people, the only survivors, were injured in the accident on a road between the Moroccan capital, Rabat, and Laayoune, in annexed Western Sahara.

The crash took place shortly before sunrise at 7am in the district of Chbika, near the southern desert city of Tan-Tan, local media reported.

Most victims were school pupils taking part in a national athletics competition

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