Senegal: Ajali nyingine ya Basi yaua watu 19, ni ya pili ndani ya Januari

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Watu 19 wamefariki na 24 kujeruhiwa katika ajali ya barabarani iliyotokea leo Januari 16, 2023, Rais Macky Sall amesema, ajali hiyo ya pili ni kubwa na kuwataka Madereva kuwa makini Barabarani.

Kwa mujibu wa taarifa ya Rais kuptitia Twitter, ajali hiyo ilitokea kati ya miji ya kaskazini ya Saint-Louis na Louga

Ajali hiyo inafuati ajali nyingine iliyoua watu 40 na kujeruhi takriban 80 karibu na mji wa kusini-mashariki wa Kaffrine Januari 8, mojawapo ya ajali mbaya zaidi katika kumbukumbu za Senegal.

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Nineteen people were killed and 24 wounded in a road accident in Senegal early on Monday, President Macky Sall said, the second major crash this month highlighting poor driving conditions in the West African country.

The accident took place between the northern towns of Saint-Louis and Louga, Sall said on Twitter without providing further detail.

It followed a crash that killed 40 people and wounded about 80 near the southeastern town of Kaffrine on Jan. 8, one of the deadliest in Senegal's recent memory.

That incident occurred after the tyre of a passenger bus burst, sending it into the path of another bus coming in the opposite direction.

Three days of mourning were declared and passenger buses have since been banned from travelling between districts between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.

It spurred anger about dangerous driving conditions in Senegal, where overloaded and run-down trucks, buses and taxis hurtle down narrow two-lane highways riddled with potholes.

REUTERS