Nine killed, 22 injured in road accident north of Kenitra

Nine persons were killed and 22 were injured in a road accident this Wednesday on a road North of Kenitra (40 Km north of Rabat). The accident happened when a trailer truck, loaded with sand, raced through the way and hampered a lorry that was carrying soldiers. When the lorry driver tried to avoid the clash, he lost control and the lorry fell in a river.

Ten soldiers who were seriously injured were rushed to the Mohammed V hospital in Rabat while the others were taken to a hospital in Kenitra.