At least 37 people, including 10 women, three babies and a young boy, were killed on Sunday when a bus collided with an oncoming truck in central Cameroon, police said.
The bus ended its race in a ditch and 19 passengers were also injured, added to the antenna of the public radio CRTV Moantsouog Mempou Paulin, public security commissioner of Ndikinimeki, the place of the accident which occurred in the middle of the night. .
What we know about the double accident on national No 4
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The occupants of the bus were returning from Foumban, in western Cameroon, to go to the capital Yaoundé, after the Christmas festivities, said Manfred Missimikin, director of the road prevention NGO Sécuroute.
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First collision between a
jumbo
jet
and a bus from the Avenir Voyage company that came from Foumban this Sunday.
The two vehicles ended up in a stream.
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The causes of the collision are not yet known.
This road is known to be in poor condition and speeding is frequent.
