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Liberia: 22 Killed in Auto Crash
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The NEWS (Monrovia)
3 April 2008
Posted to the web 3 April 2008
Monrovia
Twenty two persons were killed last Tuesday in a tragic motor accident along the Gbarnga-Zorzor highway.
According to reports, the accident occurred when a truck, with 24 persons on board, traveling from Gbarnga to Lofa County lost control, hit an embankment and somersaulted several times before it came to a halt.
An NGO worker based in Voinjama, Lofa County, told this paper that the truck was overloaded with passengers, zinc, cement and other personal effects when the driver lost control while ascending a hill.
According him, following rescue operation by UNMIL peacekeepers assigned in the area, there were two survivals including the driver.
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The worker said the bodies of men, women and babies were put on display for residents in the area to identify them.
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