Three killed, 4 injured in road accident center
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Marrakech - Three people were killed and four others were injured, including one seriously, in a road accident that occurred Thursday morning close to the city of Chichaoua (about 400km south of Rabat).
The deaths occurred as a result of a head-on crash between a truck, heading for Agadir, and a light car, coming from the opposite direction, local authorities said.
Road accidents are referred to in Morocco as the "war of roads" due to the thousands of lives they claim each year. Moroccan roads are seen to be one of the deadliest in the world.
According to official figures, an average of ten people die daily in traffic accidents in the North African country. Over the past decade, the pace of the death toll rose by 3% a year, causing enormous economic losses, and costing the State about USD 1.2Bn a year, that is 2.5% of the GDP.
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