TEHRAN — on Saturday, 13 cars got involved in a chain-reaction crash on Qazvin-Karaj highway, leaving 69 injured, Fars news agency reported.

At 1:37 a.m., 13 vehicles including 11 passenger cars, one bus, and one truck crashed into each other, said Mustafa Mortazavi, a spokesman for the Relief and Rescue Organization.

The vehicles involved in the multi-car collision were heading to Tehran, Mortazavi noted, adding, 13 of the injured were transferred to the nearest hospital and the rest received outpatient care.

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