Rabat- A school bus accident in Meknes has injured three primary school children.
Rabat- A school bus accident in Meknes has injured three primary school children.
The bus, carrying 43 students of a private primary school, crashed on Wednesday morning near Zahwa neighborhood in Meknes, a city west of Fez, reported Moroccan news outlet Alyaoum24.
The injured students are currently receiving treatment at Mohammed V Hospital in Meknes.
Photos taken after the accident show two other vehicles caught in the traffic accident, a taxi which hit a streetlamp and another that swerved and hit a wall to avoid the crash.
Two deadly accidents in one week
Today’s bus accident follows two fatal accidents last week.
On Tuesday, October 16, Train No. 9 linking Rabat and Kenitra on the Casablanca-Kenitra line derailed near Bouknadel at 10:20 a.m., killing 7 and injuring 125.
The cause of the derailment was speeding, according to the investigation.
The public prosecutor of Sale’s Court of First Instance has blamed the driver for going 158 kilometers per hour when the speed limit on the stretch of track where the train derailed was only 60 kilometers per hour. However, some rail employees claimed the track was known to be faulty and the reduced speed limit was not properly communicated.
Another tragic accident took place Friday, October 19, when a part of the bridge undergoing repair on the A3 highway in Casablanca near the Derb Sultan neighborhood collapsed on a car, killing a woman and badly injuring her daughter.
Drivers on the A3 highway have expressed their anger and concern over the traffic jam, complaining that there are no signs to inform them of the work in progress.
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