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13, March 2018
38 students dead in Ethiopia bus crash 0
Ethiopia’s state-affiliated broadcaster says that a bus plunged into a ditch, killing 38 people in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region.
Fana Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday that the bus veered off the road and went into the trench.
It said an additional 10 people were injured.
The broadcaster reported that most of the victims were university students. It said the accident happened in the south Wollo area.
Ethiopia is upgrading its road system but dilapidated roads, inadequate driving skills and poor conditions of vehicles contribute to road traffic deaths.
According to a report in Ethiopia last year, traffic accidents claimed the lives of more than 16,000 people in the country between 2014 and 2017.
(Source: AP)