53 dead in a crash in Cameroon by bus and truck

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The accident took place around 3 a.m. on the cliff of Dschang, near the town of the same name.

“This unfortunate accident, which took place at night, highlights the problem of nighttime travel favored by certain intercity passenger carriers and the need for their surveillance,” said Cameroon’s Transport Minister Jean Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe.

The bus was from Menoua Travel, he said, an interurban travel agency operating in the region. The injured, including children, were taken to Dschang District Hospital, according to Cameroonian state media CRTV.

This still image was taken from a video tweeted by CRTVweb after Wednesday's clash.

The minister said an investigation will “determine responsibilities” and “appropriate action” will be taken. He offered his condolences to the families of the dead and wished the injured a “speedy recovery”.

Pictures and video from CRTV show a burnt-out truck on a corner next to the overturned and still burning bus.

Last month Last month, 37 people, including four children, died when a bus hit a truck on the Yaounde-Bafoussam road in central Cameroon, according to an Associated Press report.

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