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Two motorcyclists die in accidents on Madagascar’s RN1

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Two motorcyclists died in separate accidents on National Road 1 in Madagascar, one in Anosizato and the other in Ambodiafontsy, near Ampitatafika. One was run over by a truck and the other collided with a stationary heavy goods vehicle, L’Express de Madagascar reports.

Two motorcyclists have died in separate accidents on National Road 1 in Madagascar, in Anosizato and Ambodiafontsy, L’Express reports. In the first, a truck ran over the motorcyclist; in the second, the rider collided with a broken-down heavy goods vehicle.

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