Ethiopia: 66 die after truck plunges into river
Millennium Post Kolkata|Kolkata 31 December 2024
At least 66 people have died after a truck plunged into a river in southern Ethiopia, a hospital director said Monday.

ADDIS ABABA:

The accident took place 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, told The Associated Press on Monday that 64 people died on site and two others at the hospital.

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