JOHANNESBURG, Dhu-AlQa'dah 14, 1436, Aug 29, 2015, SPA -- At least 38 girls and young women were killed in a crash while travelling to a famous traditional festival in Swaziland, a rights group said on Saturday. About 20 others were injured when the truck they were in collided with another vehicle on Friday, the Swaziland Solidarity Network said in a statement. The young women and girls were travelling on the back of an open truck, the rights group said. According to AP, police in Swaziland, a small mountainous country of 1.4 million people bordering northeastern South Africa and Mozambique, discouraged reporting on the accident, said the group. Press photographers were prevented from taking pictures at the scene, said a Swazi journalist who insisted on anonymity for security reasons. However some people managed to take photographs with their cell phones. A high-ranking police officer contacted by The Associated Press refused to comment, saying the matter was related to the "highest authority," and no details could be disclosed to the media. --SPA 18:42 LOCAL TIME 15:42 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w