At Least 24 People Have Died in a Bus Crash in Central Morocco, Authorities Say

Families gather outside the morgue in the town of Demnate, in the central province of Azilal, after a minibus carrying market-goers plunged into a ravine killing 24 people, on Aug. 6, 2023. AFP via Getty Images

RABAT, Morocco—At least 24 people died in a bus crash Sunday in the province of Azilal in central Morocco, marking one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years in the country.

According to local authorities, cited by Morocco’s official news agency MAP, the accident happened when a minibus carrying passengers overturned at a curve while en route to the weekly market in the small town of Demnate, in central Morocco.