Truck crash in Central African Republic kills at least 78

More than seventy-eight people have been killed in the Central African Republic's city of Bambari after a truck they were travelling on somersaulted.

The accident also left about seventy-five others injured at the Ngouro bridge about thirteen kilo-meters from Bambari. 

Fifty-nine of the bodies have been conveyed to the morgue with at least eighteen others released to their families for burial. 

A statement from the President's Office has appealed to drivers to be extra careful due to the poor condition of the roads.

SOURCE: NEWS24