78 People killed as Dozens of People injured in Road Crash

At least 78 people were killed and dozens injured when a truck heavily loaded with goods and passengers crashed in the Central African Republic.

the accident occurred about 10 Kilometres outside the town of Bambari, around 300km northeast of the capital Bangui, as the truck was travelling to a weekly market day in the village of Maloum.

A member of parliament from Bambari said the truck was overloaded and travelling faster than normal.

Most of the people killed were travelling on the back of the lorry.