[Published: Sunday March 04 2012]
Guinea lorry crash kills 50
Beyla, Guinea, 04 Mar – (ANA) - Reports say up to 50 people have died and at least 20 injured after a road crash in eastern Guinea. "A lorry... was the cause of this serious accident which has plunged numerous families into mourning," government minister Alhassane Conde said in a statement, AFP reports. The lorry was travelling from Moribadou to take passengers to a weekly market in the town of Beyla. Reports say the lorry crashed into a ravine after its brakes failed. All the victims were buried in a common grave at the accident site, reports say. (ANA)
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