The NEWS (Monrovia)
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.
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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