Marrakech, August 30, 2012 (MAP)
Eight people died and 15 others were injured, five of them seriously, in a road accident on Wednesday evening, local authorities said.
The accident involved a lorry carrying about forty people. The vehicle overturned and fell into a ravine in the rural commune of Ijoukak, near Marrakech.
The injured were taken to the hospital to receive necessary care.
