13 dead in central Senegal road accident

STORY: 13 dead in central Senegal road accident SHOOTING TIME: April 25, 2024 DATELINE: April 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Dakar CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site STORYLINE: Thirteen people were killed and around 40 others were injured in a traffic accident in central Senegal Thursday evening, local media reported. The accident happened at around 7:00 p.m. local time on National Road No. 1, near the village of Yamong in the Kaffrine region, reported the Senegalese Press Agency, citing a security source. The accident was caused by the overturning of a transport bus after one of its tires burst, the report quoted the source as saying. The Senegalese government implemented several measures last year to combat traffic accidents following a series of deadly accidents. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Dakar. (XHTV)

Toll rises to 20 in bus-truck collision in northern Senegal

STORY: Toll rises to 20 in bus-truck collision in northern Senegal DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:23 LOCATION: Dakar CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of traffic accident sites STORYLINE: Twenty people were killed and 24 others injured, 19 of them seriously, in a collision between a bus and a truck in northern Senegal on Monday, government spokesperson Abdou Karim Fofana said. Local media earlier put the number of dead at 19 in the crash that occurred in the town of Ngueune Sarr, in the department of Louga. Fofana said all the victims have been brought to hospitals in Louga and Saint-Louis. "All arrangements have been made to take care of the injured." Monday's collision came about a week after another major accident in Senegal's central Kaffrine region, where 42 died after two buses collided on Jan. 8. In response to that tragedy, the government convened an interministerial meeting and announced a number of measures to combat road accidents. "The Senegalese government is continuing to impl

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