ADDIS ABABA (Xinhua) – Some 5,118 people died in traffic accidents in Ethiopia during the just concluded 2017/18 fiscal year that ended on July 8.According to the country’s transport authority, the number of people killed increased from 4,500 to 5,118 while a record number of close to 41,000 traffic accidents were registered during the 2017/18 fiscal year.Another 7,754 people had also sustained serious physical injuries from traffic accidents across the country, while some 7,775 others had light injuries

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