The town of Fnideq woke up in horror this Saturday morning. An out-of-control truck collided head-on with a crowded cafe, turning an ordinary morning into an absolute tragedy. The toll stands at four dead and eight injured after the fire caused by the impact.
The Moroccan government is launching a major reform of the two-wheeler sector to stem the carnage on the roads. The Minister of Transport and Logistics, Abdelssamad Kayouh, announced the creation of a driver’s license for engine displacements of 49 cm³ , a flagship measure aimed at massively regularizing drivers.
The Court of Appeal of Settat sentenced the man who hit the 5-year-old girl Ghaïta to ten months in prison and a fine of 500 dirhams, confirming the judgment handed down at first instance.
A tragedy struck the town of Torrox, in the province of Malaga, on Tuesday. Four members of the same family of Moroccan origin were found dead at their home, victims of carbon monoxide poisoning reportedly caused by a failure in their heating system.
A tourist expedition crossing Morocco had a fatal outcome for two of its participants. A 70-year-old British national and an American tourist lost their lives following a truck accident that occurred on October 30 in Kenitra. The vehicle, a heavy-duty truck specially equipped for off-road tourism, hit a tree, causing the collapse of its upper structure on the passengers.
An act of courage helped avoid the worst on the roads of the province of Azilal. A British tourist and his wife intervened to rescue a motorist whose vehicle was threatening to fall into a ravine.
A mountain excursion turned tragic in the province of Al Haouz. An Italian tourist lost his life while hiking near Mount Toubkal, after suffering a fatal fall in a hard-to-reach area.
Two Moroccans died and three others were seriously injured after their car fell from a bridge in Benassal. The mayor is warning about the dangerous state of the CV-166 road, which has been reported several times before.
The Liège public prosecutor’s office has requested harsher sanctions against footballer Sofian Kiyine , whose spectacular accident in Flémalle in 2023 had made headlines around the world. The case is being retried on appeal after the player obtained a simple suspension of the verdict in the first instance, a decision deemed too lenient by the prosecution.
A tragic road accident that occurred on Friday night in the Merzouga region, Errachidia province, cost the lives of two foreign tourists. Two young Moroccans were seriously injured.
A serious road accident involving several vehicles occurred this Tuesday, November 4th on the Rabat-Casablanca axis. The company Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM) explained this Wednesday about this event that cost one person their life and significantly disrupted traffic for several hours.
A serious traffic accident on the El Jadida highway caused the death of one person and several serious injuries on Friday morning.