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An image of a crashed bus being hoisted by a crane has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook with a claim that the accident happened recently in Ethiopiaâs capital, Addis Ababa, leading to the death of 27 people. This is false; AFP Fact Check traced the image to reports of a 2019 accident in the capital in which two people died.Â
The postâs caption begins as a news alert and asks Facebook users to âshare this and help us reunite them with their families.â
Translated from Amharic, the post describes the bus crash in detail, claiming it happened this year (which is 2013, in terms of the Ethiopian calendar). âA lion city bus with registration number A 68377, which was carrying 58 people from Shiro Meda to Kasanchis, collided with another Code 3 private black vehicle today, January 8, 2013 under a bridge near Stephen Church.â