US EditionAt Least 71 Dead After Truck Plunges Into River in Southern Ethiopia
- At least 71 people have died in Southern Ethiopia after a lorry plunged into a river, officials say.
- The vehicle fell into the river after it missed a bridge while travelling through Sidama State.
- Traffic police reported the lorry was overloaded, which was likely to have caused the incident.
- Many of the passengers were guests at a wedding party, according to the regional government communications Facebook page.
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71 People Have Died In 'Horrific' Wedding Party Accident
5 Sports Records That May Never Be Broken (2:45) Weddings are meant to be the most special day of peoples' lives. The blessing of a couple into marriage, surrounded by their most loved family members and friends, is a truly heartwarming moment. Tragically, one wedding party recently experienced a devastating tragedy.More than 70 people have been killed in a "horrific" wedding party accident over the weekend. A truck carrying a wedding party plu…
Ethiopia tragedy: Truck carrying overcrowded wedding guests plunges into river, 66 killed
Addis Ababa: At least 66 people have died after a truck plunged into a river in southern Ethiopia, a hospital director said on Monday. The accident took place on Sunday when an old, overcrowded truck that was contracted by wedding guests fell off the Gelan Bridge, where villagers said traffic crashes have happened before. The medical director at Bona General Hospital in the southern Sidama region, Lemma Lagide, said that 64 people died on site a…
An overloaded truck fell on Sunday into a river in Ethiopia, causing the death of 71 people. Five survivors, two of whom were seriously injured, were taken care of by the emergency services. This accident, described as the worst in 25 years, highlights
70 wedding guests killed in Ethiopia road accident – Daily Trust
The death toll from a road accident in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 71 after a vehicle carrying a wedding party veered into a river, a local official said. The truck careered into the water at around 5:30 pm local time (1430 GMT) on Sunday some 300 kilometres (180 miles) south of the capital Addis Ababa in Sidama state. The Sidama Police Commission Traffic Prevention and Control Directorate put the death toll “so far” at 68 men and th…
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