At least 78 killed after truck overturns in Central African Republic

Local officials say that more than 78 people were killed on Wednesday after a truck overturned in an accident in Bambari, in the Central African Republic.

According to Reuters citing a doctor at the university hospital of Bambari, there were "at least 78 dead and 72 wounded."

Oumar Tidjani, a member of the young Muslims Association of Ouaka (Bambari's prefecture), said on Thursday that the victims were mostly traders who piled into the truck to go to the weekly market in Maloum.

Hospital workers confirmed that 59 bodies are in the morgue and at least 18 others are 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.

(CGTN)