Ethiopian Informer
ADDIS ABABA: November 8 (EI) — A car accident in southern Ethiopia has left 5 people dead while some 99 others also sustained serious and minor injuries, according to the Dawro Zone government office.
The accident happened in Ethiopia’s Southern regional state’s Dawro Zone on Thursday afternoon when a passenger bus carrying about 104 people traveling in a dangerous road overturned and fell into a cliff, eventually leaving 5 people dead while some 99 others also sustained serious and minor injuries, reported state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC).
The tragic accident left some 26 people with serious injuries as well as 73 other passengers with minor injuries, the report quoted Aklilu Asrat, head of Dawuro Zone Traffic Police Office, as saying.
Noting that the cause of the accident is currently under investigation by the police, the official also indicated that the injured passengers are presently receiving medical treatment in nearby health stations for light and heavy injuries.
In recent years, Ethiopia has witnessed deadly traffic accidents, in which the Ethiopian transport authorities often attribute such incidents due to the country’s poor and dilapidated road infrastructures, drivers’ negligence as well as poor road traffic enforcement.
According to figures from the Ethiopian Transport Authority, more than 5,100 people have lost their lives due to traffic accidents last year across the country.
PHOTO – FBC
