Road accident leaves 30 people dead in Ghana, 80 injured

At least 30 people were killed and another 80 injured after a passenger truck overturned in the north of Ghana, a country located in West Africa, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.

The accident occurred on Saturday evening in the town of Zagyuri as a result of the wrongful overtaking by the driver of the passenger truck, the agency said.

The injured were taken to a hospital in Tamale, some 700 km (435 miles) north of the country's capital, Accra, the agency said.

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