An Ethiopian hospital director says at least 66 people have died after a truck packed with wedding guests plunged into a river.

Lemma Lagide, the medical director at Bona General Hospital in the southern Sidama region, reported that 64 people died at the scene, while two others passed away at the hospital. He added that patients requiring advanced critical care were transferred to a larger hospital in Hawassa.

At least 71 people were killed after a truck full of passengers plunged into a river in southern Ethiopia over the weekend. The truck fell into a river on Sunday evening in the Bona district of Sidama state, around 300km south of the capital Addis Ababa, the regional communication bureau said.

In Ethiopia, at least 60 people were killed when a truck carrying passengers fell into a river, the authorities of the southern Sidama region informed, Reuters reports. The incident took place in the Bona district late Sunday evening, the regional communications bureau said in a statement.

At least 71 people are dead after a truck carrying a wedding party plunged off a bridge in Africa. Local authorities said the accident happened on Sunday, Dec. 29, when the truck fell off the Gelan Bridge in the Sidama state of Ethiopia, according to the Associated Press and BBC News .

At least 71 pipo don die for southern Ethiopia afta one lorry fall inside a river. Officials say di lorry wey fall bin carry pipo wey bin dey attend wedding celebration. Di vehicle bin dey travel through Sidama state on Sunday,

At least 71 people have been killed after an overcrowded truck plunged into a river in Africa. According to People, the accident happened on Sunday, Dec. 29th in the Sidama state of Ethiopia. Local police said that the truck was carrying a wedding party and looked to be overcrowded.