A road accident in the Legambo district in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, north of the capital Addis Ababa has claimed 38 lives.
The tragic event happened after a bus in which the victims were travelling plunged off a cliff, according to an official account.
Local officials confirmed that 28 men and 10 women were killed. Most of the dead were students of higher institutions of learning, officials said.
Ten passengers also survived but suffered “serious and minor injuries.”
An independent news site Addis Standard reports that the bus fell five metres.
