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AL-MUKALLA: At least 11 people were killed and 12 injured on Friday when a pickup truck carrying 25 passengers drove over a cliff in northern Yemen.
Hadi Wardan, from Yemen’s National Commission for Claims of Human Rights Violations, told Arab News on Saturday said that the accident happened when the driver of the Toyota Hilux lost control while navigating a hillside road in the Al-Sharaqi region of Hajjah province.
Local media reports said the passengers were on their way to an engagement ceremony. Video footage shared on social media showed people racing to the scene of the crash to help the victims, ferry people to hospital and recover bodies.
Faris Al-Alyi, a writer from Hajjah, said the route on which the accident happened was known to be perilous, especially on cloudy and wet days.