Dozens killed in Morocco bus accident

on 04/09/2012 18:02:13

More than 40 people have been killed when a bus drove off a road in central Morocco and plunged down a 500-foot ravine.

The official news agency MAP says 42 people were killed when the bus overturned between the desert cities of Marrakesh and Ouarzazate. Another 24 people were injured, four of them seriously.

Most of the injured were taken to emergency rooms in Marrakesh.

The bus regularly makes the journey between the two cities.