TRIPOLI, April 11 (Reuters) - At least 36 people were killed on Friday when a bus in which they were travelling collided with a car outside the Libyan capital Tripoli, the official news agency Jana quoted the Interior Ministry as saying.

Nine other passengers were injured, five of them seriously, it said, adding that the dead and the injured were from several foreign countries.

The bus hit the car coming from the opposite direction and then veered off the road and plunged into a river near Mazda town, outside Tripoli, Jana said. The authorities blamed reckless driving for the accident, it added. (Writing by Lamine Ghanmi)

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