{"id":60794,"date":"2024-12-30T13:41:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T08:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=60794"},"modified":"2024-12-30T13:41:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T08:41:40","slug":"death-toll-rises-to-71-in-ethiopia-road-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/death-toll-rises-to-71-in-ethiopia-road-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll rises to 71 in Ethiopia road accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ADDIS ABABA (Reuters): At least 71 people died in Ethiopia when a truck packed with passengers plunged into a river, according to the spokesperson for the southern Sidama regional government and a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The accident occurred in the Bona district<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, the regional communication bureau said in a statement issued late on Sunday<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wosenyeleh Simion, spokesperson for the Sidama regional government, told Reuters on Monday at least 71 people had died, including 68 males and 3 females.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;Five are in <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">critical<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> condition and taking treatment at Bona General Hospital,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a statement late on Sunday the regional communication bureau had given the death toll as 60.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wosenyeleh said the truck had missed a bridge and <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">fell<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> into a river <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and that<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the road had many bends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Some of the passengers were returning from a wedding ceremony and some families had lost multiple members, he said, adding traffic police in the region had reported the truck was overloaded, which likely caused the accident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) also reported that the passengers were <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">traveling<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to a wedding when the accident occurred on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Deadly traffic accidents are common in Ethiopia, where driving standards are poor and many vehicles are <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">badly<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> maintained. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At least 38 people, mostly students, were killed in 2018 when a bus plunged into a ravine in Ethiopia&#8217;s mountainous north.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADDIS ABABA (Reuters): At least 71 people died in Ethiopia when a truck packed with passengers plunged into a river, according to the spokesperson for the southern Sidama regional government and a statement. The accident occurred in the Bona district, the regional communication bureau said in a statement issued late on Sunday. 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