The accident took place Sunday when an old, overcrowded truck that was contracted by wedding guests fell off the Gelan Bridge

At least 71 people are dead after a truck carrying a wedding party plunged off a bridge in Africa. Local authorities said the accident happened on Sunday, Dec. 29, when the truck fell off the Gelan Bridge in the Sidama state of Ethiopia, according to the Associated Press and BBC News .

An Ethiopian hospital director says at least 66 people have died after a truck packed with wedding guests plunged into a river.

Dozens died in Ethiopia after a truck carrying wedding guests plunged into a river, officials said. The crash happened on Sunday when an aging, overcrowded truck carrying wedding guests plunged off the Gelan Bridge,

Wosenyeleh Simion said many of the passengers had been guests at a wedding party. Traffic police in the region reported the lorry was overloaded, which was likely to have caused t