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CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - An overloaded truck overturned while crossing a bridge, sending people, bags of cement and sacks of rice into the river below and killing as many as 65 people, state radio reported Tuesday.
The truck was ferrying merchandise and passengers back from a local market near the southeastern town of Gueckedou when the accident occurred Sunday, state-run RTG radio reported.
The truck became unbalance5d and tipped over while crossing the bridge. Many of the dead drowned, suffocated under the heavy cargo, RTG said.
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