One of Morocco's worst-ever road accidents left 24 people dead Sunday in the central province of Azilal, officials said.
They were killed when a minibus carrying passengers to a weekly market in the town of Demnate overturned on a bend, the local authorities said.
They added that an investigation has begun.
Accidents are frequent on the roads of Morocco and other North African countries.
In March 11 people, mostly agricultural workers, died when their minibus slammed into a tree after the driver lost control in the rural town of Brachoua, local officials said at the time.
Many poorer citizens use coaches and minibuses to travel in rural areas.
In August last year, 23 people were killed and 36 injured when their bus overturned on a bend east of Morocco's economic capital Casablanca.
An average of 3,500 road deaths and 12,000 injuries are recorded annually in Morocco, according to the National Road Safety Agency, with an average of 10 deaths per day.
The figure last year was around 3,200.
Authorities have set out to halve the mortality rate by 2026 ever since the worst bus accident in the country's history left 42 dead in 2012.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Featured Video Of The Day
300,000-Year-Old Mystery Solved: Face Of Earliest Human Ancestor Reconstructed Morocco Offers Scholarships To Indian Students, Check Details Poor Hygiene, No Clean Water: New Threats To Morocco Quake Survivors Why BJP Lost Lok Sabha Polls In Uttar Pradesh - 6 Reasons In Party Report World's Largest Isolated Tribe Makes Rare Appearance In New Footage Puja Khedkar's Father Was Suspended Twice On Extortion Complaints Watch: Ashneer Grover's Reaction To 22-Year-Old's Monthly Earning Viral IIT Kanpur Introduces 'SATHEE SSC' Platform For Exam Preparation IIT Kanpur Introduces 'SATHEE SSC' Platform For Exam Preparation Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.