The death toll from a bus crash near Tagounite in Morocco’s Zagora province has risen to five, with two critically injured passengers transferred to a university hospital in Marrakech for further treatment, medical sources told Hespress AR.
The bus was carrying 26 passengers on a route between Marrakech and M’Hamid El Ghizlane when it overturned near the entrance to Tagounite on Wednesday.
According to the medical sources, the two passengers were transferred to Marrakech because of the severity of their injuries. Three other patients remain in the intensive care unit at Zagora Provincial Hospital under close medical supervision.
The condition of other injured passengers admitted to the provincial hospital has improved somewhat, the sources said, adding that medical and nursing teams continue to provide the necessary care.
Local authorities and Royal Gendarmerie officers are continuing their investigation to establish the causes of the crash, which has shaken Zagora province and prompted widespread grief among local residents.
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