At least 40 people have been killed and 87 injured after two buses collided near Kaffrine in central Senegal.
The accident took place on the Number 1 national road today.
President Macky Sall said 40 people were killed in the grave accident and announced three days of national mourning.
According to the fire brigade, the bus, with a 60-seat capacity, was heading to Rosso near the border with Mauritania, adding that the number of people onboard was unknown.
This is one of the heaviest death tolls from a single incident in recent years in a country where road accidents are common largely because of a lack of driver discipline, poor roads and decrepit vehicles, according to experts.
In October 2020, at least 16 people were killed and 15 more injured when a bus collided with a refrigerated lorry in western Senegal.
