Details are emerging about the indentities of th 71 people who died in southern Ethiopia after the lorry they were travelling with plunged into a river.
Officials said on Monday the lorry was ‘overloaded’ with wedding guests.
The vehicle, which was travelling through Sidama state on Sunday, fell into the river after it missed a bridge, a local official told the Reuters news agency.
“Many of the passengers had been guests at a wedding party”, said Wosenyeleh Simion, a local official.
Traffic police in the region reported the lorry was overloaded, which was likely to have caused the incident, Mr Simion said. Further investigations are under way.
Of the people known to have died, 68 were men and 3 were women, the Sidama Police Commission Traffic Prevention and Control Directorate said. (With Agency Report)
