2023-08-06 14:54:58
A minibus overturned. Twenty-four people were killed on Sunday in a road accident in the province of Azilal (center). This is one of the heaviest tolls ever recorded in Morocco, we learned from local authorities.
A minibus carrying passengers heading to the weekly market in the town of Demnate overturned on a bend, provincial authorities said.
An investigation has been opened to determine the circumstances of this tragedy, according to the same sources. The roads in Morocco, and more generally in the Maghreb countries, are reputed to be dangerous, and accidents are frequent.
More than 3,200 road deaths in 2022
In March, five people were killed and 27 injured, 12 seriously, in a road accident near the capital Rabat. Another accident last November left 11 dead and 43 injured near the town of Taza in northeastern Morocco.
In August 2022, a bus accident left 23 dead and 36 injured east of Casablanca. In 2022, road accidents killed more than 3,200 people in Morocco, a number down some 7% from the previous year, according to the most recent statistics from the National Road Safety Agency (NARSA). .
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