Eight farm workers died and seven others were injured in a traffic accident on Wednesday near El Hajeb (Fez-Meknes region).
The incident occurred around 8:30 A.M. on the road connecting El Hajeb with Ifrane, at the commune of Ikaddar, when a truck carrying agricultural workers overturned, Dr. Hassan Oukouhou, the provincial delegate of the Health Ministry told news agency MAP.
Two individuals were killed at the scene, while four others died of their injuries en route to the Moulay El Hassan Provincial Hospital in El Hajeb, he added.
Oukouhou, who is also the director of that medical facility, specified that one other injured individual died at the Provincial Mohammed V Hospital in Meknes and another one succumbed to injuries at the Hassan II University Hospital (CHU) in Fez.
He also said that the health conditions of the remaining injured are critical, noting that four of them were taken to the CHU in Fez and four others to the Provincial Mohammed V Hospital in Meknes.