TEHRAN, June 23 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and 25 others injured in a 26-car pile-up on an intercity road in southwestern Iran on Friday morning, the semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported.
The incident occurred at 10:50 a.m. local time (0720 GMT) when a semi-trailer truck carrying iron girders collided into 25 other vehicles because of the malfunction of its brake system, the report said.
A number of pedestrians were also hit in the incident in the province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, it added.
The number of people injured in the incident is still rising, Tasnim quoted President of Yasuj University of Medical Sciences Saeed Javdan-Sirat as saying. ■
