Angola: Road Accident Death Toll Rises

Luanda — At least 1,043 people have died in Angola in the last five months, 267 more than in the same period of the previous year, the commander-general of the National Police, chief commissioner Paulo de Almeida said Wednesday.

Speaking to the press at the end of the 1st Ordinary Session of the National Traffic Planning Council chaired by the Vice President of the Republic, Bornito de Sousa, the police chief said that the deaths were the result of 4,974 road accidents over the last five months, 1,240 more than in the same period of the previous year,

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