ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — At least 66 people have died after a truck plunged into a river in southern Ethiopia, a hospital director said Monday. 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.

Wosenyeleh Simion said many of the passengers had been guests at a wedding party. Traffic police in the region reported the lorry was overloaded, which was likely to have caused t

Road accidents are common in Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous nation, where roads are often poorly maintained.

Traffic police reported the truck was overloaded, which likely caused the accident. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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.

At least 66 people have died after a truck plunged into a river in southern Ethiopia, a hospital director said Monday. The accident took place Sunday when an old, overcrowded truck that was contracted by wedding guests fell off the Gelan Bridge,

At least 71 pipo don die for southern Ethiopia afta one lorry fall inside a river. Officials say di lorry wey fall bin carry pipo wey bin dey attend wedding celebration. Di vehicle bin dey travel through Sidama state on Sunday,

An Ethiopian hospital director says at least 66 people have died after a truck packed with wedding guests plunged into a river.

At least 71 people were killed after a truck full of passengers plunged into a river in southern Ethiopia over the weekend. The truck fell into a river on Sunday evening in the Bona district of Sidama state,

At least 71 people have died in southern Ethiopia after an overloaded lorry plunged into a river in Sidama state. The tragic accident involving wedding party guests.