Road accidents: 17 dead, 1,164 dead in one week

ALGIERS-Seventeen (17) people were killed and 1,164 wounded in 1,028 road accidents that occurred countrywide on 04-10 Dec, the Civil Protection announced Tuesday in toll.

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The heaviest toll was reported in the province of Msila with 03 people dead and 37 injured in 26 road accidents, said the source.

Besides, the Civil Protection units made 869 interventions to extinguish 601 urban, industrial and other fires. The most important ones have been recorded in the provinces of Algiers (48), Tipaza (38) and Blida (36), said the source.[/ecr]