This is something I always fear when I am in Morocco
Seven French tourists killed in Morocco bus crash
29 Mar 2005 18:04:46 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds French death toll, details)
RABAT, March 29 (Reuters) - Seven French tourists were killed and 41 others injured on Tuesday when a bus packed with French tourists was in collision with a car in southern Morocco, authorities said.
"Seven French tourists were killed in the crash. Thirteen tourists were seriously injured and 28 others are in less critical condition," the health ministry representative in the Taroudant province told Reuters by telephone.
All 41 injured were French.
The French were travelling in a bus when it crashed with a four-wheel-drive car, carrying 2 British tourists, in Taroudant, 700 km (440 miles) south of the capital, a spokesman at the British embassy in Rabat said.
"One British tourist was possibly seriously hurt in the accident," the embassy spokesman said.
The accident occured on a road linking the main touristic cities of Agadir and Ouarzazate across the High Atlas mountains.
Victims of the crash were airlifted to Taroudant's hospital while some of those seriously hurt in the crash were taken to Marrakesh and Rabat military hospitals, the health ministry official said.
The French embassy in Rabat declined to comment immediately the information.
(Additional reporting by Lydia Bell)