Around 30 people were killed and 50 others were injured when two buses collided in central Chad, the Sahel country’s transport ministry announced on Monday.
The accident took place overnight on Sunday when a passenger bus coming from the capital N’Djamena collided with a bus from Abeche, the country’s third-largest town, according to the ministry's statement.
Abdelaziz Hisseine, secretary of the department (county) of Batha West, pointed out that the death toll rose to 33 and the wounded people were 54.
“All of the injured have been taken to Abeche,” Hisseine said.
Furthermore, the ministry affirmed that an inquiry had been launched.
Deadly traffic accidents are frequent in Chad due to excessive speed, bad roads, and poor vehicle roadworthiness.
At least eight people were killed in a truck accident in the south of the country in July 2021, according to media outlets.
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