At least 71 pipo don die for southern Ethiopia afta one lorry fall inside a river.

Officials say di lorry wey fall bin carry pipo wey bin dey attend wedding celebration.

Di vehicle bin dey travel through Sidama state on Sunday, wen e fall into di river afta e miss a bridge.

Dis na according to wetin di local official tell di Reuters news agency.

Wosenyeleh Simion say many of di passengers na guests for one wedding party.

Traffic police for di region report say di lorry dey overloaded.

Dem say na di overloading dey likely to cause di incident, Mr Simion tok.

But dem say further investigations dey under way.

For di pipo wey don die, 68 na men and 3 be women, di Sidama Police Commission Traffic Prevention and Control Directorate tok.

Some blurred images wey di state health bureau dem share for Facebook show a group of pipo wey dey attempt to pull out di damaged vehicle from a body of water for di district of Bona.

Oda images wey di bureau share bin show bodies wey dem cover some for blue tarpaulin, lying on di ground.

Thousands of pipo dey die evri year for road accidents in Ethiopia, wit ova-speeding and pipo wey no dey obey traffic dey always blame di traffic laws.

Meanwhile, for July 2024, plenty pipo die for Ethiopia wen rescue teams bin comot di body of at least 257 pipo wey die for two landslides for southern Ethiopia, one local official tell di BBC.

Di landslides happun afta heavy rains fall for one remote mountain area of di Gofa zone.

Di local authority tok say di search for survivors go continue but say di "death toll fit increase".

Foto show say hundreds of pipo gather for di scene and odas dig into di dirt in search of pipo wey dey trapped under.

For di background, one hillside don partially collapse and large patch of red earth dey exposed.