Twenty-three people were killed and 63 injured when two coaches collided on a road in southern Morocco today, the state news agency reported.
The crash, which happened 12 miles from the tourist city of Marrakesh, was blamed on excessive speed, the agency reported.
The Moroccan government began a road safety campaign two years ago after it was estimated that around 10 people died everyday in road crashes that cost the country 11 billion dirhams ( €1 billion) a year.