Ethiopia bus crash kills 20 near Kenyan border

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Twenty people have died in a bus crash in southern Ethiopia with more than 30 others sustaining injuries, the local authorities have said.

The accident happened in the country’s Oromia region, in a district called Teltale, close to the border with Kenya.

Eighteen of those who are hurt have sustained serious injuries, according to local communication officials.

The bus was traveling from a small town called Milami to a village market nearby when it came off the road, the officials added.

The injured are said to be receiving treatment in two hospitals nearby.

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