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38 people die and 87 are injured when two buses collide in Senegal, says the fire brigade
- 38 dead and 87 injured when two buses collide in Senegal
- The tragedy took place in Kaffrine, in the central part of the West African nation.
- All the victims were evacuated to a Kaffrine hospital and medical center.
- Traffic accidents are common in Senegal, but this is one of the worst death tolls.
Thirty-eight people were confirmed dead and 87 injured when two buses collided near Kaffrine in central Senegal on Monday, an official with the West African nation’s fire brigade said.
“It was a serious accident,” said Colonel Cheikh Fall, who is in charge of operations for Senegal’s National Fire Brigade. ‘There were 125 victims, of whom 38 have died.’
After the accident, which took place on the national highway number 1 at 3:15 a.m. local time on Sunday morning, all the victims were evacuated to a hospital and medical center in Kaffrine, it said.
Since then, the wreckage and demolished buses have been cleared and normal traffic has resumed, he said.
38 people are confirmed dead and 87 injured when two buses collided near Kaffrine in central Senegal today.
Since then, the wreckage and demolished buses have been cleared and normal traffic has resumed, Col. Cheikh Fall said.
The governor and local officials have visited the site, he added.
Traffic accidents are common in Senegal, largely due to driver indiscipline, poor roads and decrepit vehicles, experts say.
Yet this is one of the highest numbers of deaths from a single incident in recent years.