Eight people were killed and 13 wounded on Tuesday in a collision between two pickup trucks in the northern Jordanian governorate of Mafraq, state television reported.
Farm workers were on board the two vehicles, it added.
Civil defence crews transported the casualties to military and government hospitals in the area, which is close to Syria.
Mafraq governorate consists mostly of desert, but it contains farms that produce olives, vegetables and fruit, irrigated from ground wells.
A large proportion of labour in the sector consists of Egyptian and Syrian workers.
Jordanian authorities did not disclose the nationalities of the people who were killed in the collision.
Updated: June 06, 2023, 4:53 PM
