Bus transporting university students crashes in Kfar Roummane, no injuries

BEIRUT — The driver of a university bus lost control of his vehicle in the Kfar Roummane roundabout in the southern city of Nabatieh due to brake failure on Monday morning, damaging four cars before breaking into the garden in the middle of the roundabout, the state-run National News Agency reported.

No injuries were reported, according to preliminary information. The bus driver, transporting university students, attempted to avoid colliding with cars and pedestrians, steering the bus toward a concrete barrier before it stopped inside the circular garden at the center of the roundabout.

Security forces immediately arrived at the scene and worked to manage the heavy traffic congestion that followed the incident.

In November, 13 minors sustained non-critical injuries when a small private Hyundai van used for transporting school students veered off course and flipped onto its side, coming to rest on a rural field.

In October, two school bus accidents took place in the Aramoun area. In the first, a bus transporting 24 students veered off the road and tumbled into a small valley in Dawhet al-Hoss, Aramoun district, resulting in minor injuries to several students. In the second incident, another school bus carrying children overturned in Aramoun with no injuries recorded.

Lebanon’s roads are a notorious site of various tragedies, devastating accidents, collapsing infrastructure, political negligence and societal disorder. In 2024 alone, 443 people were killed in road accidents.