Victims were employees of Burgan Drilling, a private subcontractor for Kuwait Oil Company

Fifteen oil workers, most of them from the Indian subcontinent, were killed in a head-on collision between two buses near Burgan oil field in southern Kuwait on Sunday. In a statement, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) announced that the buses were transporting employees of contracting firms that worked for the company when the crash occurred near Burgan oil field. ” Talking about the accident to a news agency Agence France Presse, Basri said 2 Indian citizens have been admitted to hospital for treatment, one is in critical condition. Fire spokesperson Colonel Khalil al-Amir confirmed that the victims were employees of Burgan Drilling, a private subcontractor for KOC.
Two buses collide head-on in Kuwait, killing fifteen oil workers from India, Egypt, and Pakistan. Six people are injured.