40 people killed in bus accident in central Senegal

STORY: 40 people killed in bus accident in central Senegal DATELINE: Jan. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Dakar CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the traffic accident site 2. Mansour Faye, the Minister of Infrastructure speaking to the media STORYLINE: Forty people were killed and several others injured in a collision between two buses in the Kaffrine region, central Senegal, Sunday, according to the local authorities in charge of relief and health. Senegalese President Macky Sall decreed a three-day national mourning Sunday following the traffic accident. "Following today's serious accident in Gniby (in Kaffrine region) which caused 40 deaths, I have decided on a national mourning of 3 days from Jan. 9th," he said on his Twitter account. He added that an interministerial council will hold a meeting on the same date to take firm measures on road safety and public passenger transport. No more detail is available about the deadly accident at the moment. Xinhua News Agency correspon