Reports say up to 50 people have died and at least 20 injured after a road crash in eastern Guinea.

"A lorry… was the cause of this serious accident which has plunged numerous families into mourning," government minister Alhassane Conde said in a statement, AFP reports.

The lorry was travelling from Moribadou to take passengers to a weekly market in the town of Beyla.

Reports say the lorry crashed into a ravine after its brakes failed.

All the victims were buried in a common grave at the accident site, reports say.

The injured have been taken to hospital in Beyla, an eyewitness told Agence France Presse. 

 

AFP

Lorry Accident

The victims were buried in a common grave