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Cameroon Says 53 Killed in Collision Between Truck, Passenger Bus

Moki Edwin Kindzeka

   YAOUNDE - Officials in Cameroon say at least 53 people died and 21 were
   severely burned Wednesday morning when a passenger bus collided with a
   truck illegally carrying fuel in the western village of Santchou, near
   the town of Dschang.

   Awa Fonka Augustine, governor of the West Region of Cameroon, where
   Dschang is located, says the crash occurred when a pick-up truck,
   illegally transporting fuel, collided with a passenger bus.

   He says 53 people died in the bus on the spot. He says it is difficult
   to identify corpses burned beyond physical recognition in the collision
   between the 70-seat bus and the truck that was illegally transporting
   fuel. He says 29 victims in very critical condition have been rushed to
   hospitals in the town of Dschang and in Bafoussam, the capital of
   Cameroon's West region.

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