Thirteen people have been killed in a traffic accident north of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. Among them was a mother and her four children, the youngest of whom was just a year old, police tell the BBC.
The road conditions were said to be poor.
The accident happened when a heavy truck carrying fertilizer smashed into a van after hitting two other vehicles, according to Dagam area Inspector Shimallis Boressa.
“In my more than 20 years as a police officer, I have never seen such a horrible accident. Recovering the bodies of the victims was also very difficult,” the officer adds.
Despite the relatively small number of vehicles in Ethiopia, thousands of people die on the country’s roads each year.
