{"id":25222,"date":"2012-09-04T17:37:16","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T14:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=25222"},"modified":"2012-09-04T17:37:16","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T14:37:16","slug":"42-dead-in-morocco-bus-tumbled-into-the-abyss-25222","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/42-dead-in-morocco-bus-tumbled-into-the-abyss-25222\/","title":{"rendered":"42 dead in Morocco bus tumbled into the abyss"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Mystery surrounds the cause of a crash which left dozens dead or injured between the tourist city of Marrakesh and Ouarzazate.<\/h2>\n

Police said the overloaded coach was travelling in the Atlas mountains, between the popular tourist city of Marrakesh and Ouarzazate, when the accident happened.<\/p>\n

King Mohammed VI issued a statement, expressing his condolences to the victims’ families. He said he would pay for their transport, funeral and burial costs.<\/p>\n

Most of the passengers are thought to be Moroccan. It remains unclear whether any foreigners are among the dead.<\/p>\n

Authorities are trying to find out the identities of those killed in the crash in Haouz province, some 60 miles south of Marrakesh.<\/p>\n

The injured have been taken to different hospitals across the region.<\/p>\n

Four of the injured are understood to be in a critical condition.<\/p>\n

Officers said the cause of the accident was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n

They said the bus had 67 people on board but was only authorised to carry 54.<\/p>\n

It is the worst bus crash recorded in the country, which has a particularly bad safety record with 4,200 people killed on the roads last year.<\/p>\n

In November 2010, 24 people drowned when a bus carrying workmen tumbled into a river near the capital Rabat.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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