Le plan d’urgence et de secours a été d’une efficacité totale

The emergency and rescue plan was of total effectiveness

After the bus accident in El Harrach

This Friday, August 15, 2025, at the end of the afternoon, Algeria was bereaved by a terrible traffic accident that led to a heavy record: 18 dead and 24 injured, among the passengers of a passenger bus who skidded and then switched from the top of a bridge, to the tune of Mohammedia, the eastern suburb of Algiers, in the Oued El Harrach in Algiers. Proximity, including two in a state “critical, and six injured were transferred to the central army hospital, in order to receive the necessary care and the care required. Civil protection, which intervened at 5:46 p.m., mobilized all of its means immediately after the accident, said the director of statistics and information at the Directorate General of Civil Protection, the Nassim Bernaoui command, adding that these are 16 divers, 25 ambulances to take charge of the victims and evacuate them to the nearest health establishments, and 4 semi-group boats.
On the spot, the Minister of the Interior, Local Communities and Regional Planning, Brahim Merad, told the press that “the emergency and rescue plan was activated with total efficiency” adding that “all the stakeholders have accomplished their duty thanks to the availability of the means necessary for the execution of this plan”. The Minister put forward the “attachment” of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to ensure continuous monitoring of the operations to take care of the victims and the injured of the accident. He also insisted on the intensification of efforts so that similar accidents no longer reproduce.
Brahim Merad presented his sincere condolences to the families of the victims, praying to all-powerful God to grant them patience and comfort, while wishing a speedy recovery to the wounded. As part of the continuation of the management of the accident of the passenger transport bus, the director of cabinet to the presidency of the Republic, Boualem Boualem, accompanied by the Minister of the Interior, Local Communities and Regional Planning, Brahim Merad, as well as several members of the Government, the Algiers Wali, the Director General of National Security, the Commander of the National Gendarmerie and the Director General Civilian, went to CHU Mustapha-Pacha to inquire about the state of health of the victims and the conditions of their care.
On the spot, we learned, strict instructions have been given to ensure optimal care for the injured and mobilize all the necessary medical and human means, including specialized medical teams in order to guarantee rapid and efficient intervention. The Minister of Health, Abdelhak Saihi, went to the specialized hospital specialized hospital “Slimane Zemirli” on Friday evening in El Harrach and the University Hospital Center (CHU) “Mustapha Bacha”, to inquire about the state of health of the injured following the fall of a passenger transport bus in Oued El Harrach in Algiers, said a statement from the Ministry of Health. The Minister of Health presented, in his personal name and on behalf of executives and employees in the sector, his sincere condolences and his deep sympathy to the families of the victims. By its magnitude, this drama was perceived as a national disaster. As a sign of solidarity with the families of the victims, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune decreed a national mourning from a day from Friday evening, with a half -mast of the national emblem.
The President of the Republic sent a message of condilénces to affected families. “It is with a deep affliction that I collect myself on the soul of our fellow citizens who died in this tragic accident. In this painful ordeal that has mourned us all, I want to present my sincere condolences and my deep sympathy to the families of the victims, praying Allah Almighty to grant the deceased His mercy, to welcome them in his vast paradise and to bring patience and comfort to their loved ones, “wrote President Tebboune. The President of the Council of the Nation, Azouz Nasri, the president of the National People’s Assembly (APN), Brahim Boughali, the president of the Constitutional Court, Ms. Leila Aslaoui, the army general Saïd Chanegriha, Minister Delegate to the Minister of National Defense, chief of staff of the National People’s Army (ANP), as well as the president of the Arab parliament, Mohamed Ahmed Ahmed Ahmed Alymamahi, also sent a message of condolence to the families of the victims.
Lakhdar A.