The death toll from a road accident in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 71 after a vehicle carrying a wedding party veered into a river, a local official said.
The truck careered into the water at around 5:30 pm local time (1430 GMT) on Sunday some 300 kilometres (180 miles) south of capital Addis Ababa in Sidama state.
The Sidama Police Commission Traffic Prevention and Control Directorate put the death toll "so far" at 68 men and three women.
"The accident was especially horrific as the river had a lot of big stones so most passengers, including the driver, were killed due to the impact," Wossenyeleh Simon, an official with the regional communications department, told AFP.
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