(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
At least 13 people have died after a truck collided with a bus
in southwestern Cameroon, according to local police, Trend reports citing Xinhua .
The accident occurred Saturday morning along Kumba-Muyuka
highway in Southwest region of the country.
The truck lost control and collided head-on with a bus that was
carrying 30 passengers at a locality called Bombe Bakundu which is
located along the highway, police said.
Several people were injured and rushed to a local hospital,
according to officials.
According to the police, fatal accidents are common in Cameroon
due to reckless driving, dangerous overtaking, drunk driving and
poor state of road.
The Ministry of Transport estimates that 1,500 people die in
road accidents each year in the central African nation
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