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10:34, 08-Jul-2017
At least 78 killed after truck overturns in Central African Republic
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By CGTN's Sam Mkenya
More than 78 people were killed on Wednesday after a truck overturned in an accident in Bambari, in the Central African Republic.
There were "at least 78 dead and 72 wounded," according to Reuters citing a doctor at the university hospital of Bambari.
Oumar Tidjani, a member of the young Muslims Association of Ouaka (Bambari's prefecture), said on Thursday the victims were mostly traders who piled into the truck to go to the weekly market in Maloum.
Hospital workers confirmed 59 bodies were in the morgue and at least 18 others were with families for burial.
The president’s office appealed to drivers to not transport so many people at once given the terrible conditions of the roads.
International Red Cross workers in Bambari helped to treat and transfer the wounded.