Up to nine people were killed Saturday when a pickup truck stuffed with passengers overturned while trying to cross a flooded road near the South Sudanese capital, Juba.
Stark photos of the accident in Luri village raised a question: Why did the driver try to cross a road that was overrun by a fast-moving stream — a road that sits atop a 3-meter embankment, and that lacks any kind of guardrail to protect cars that might be pushed over the edge by rushing waters?
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