At the least 18 others injured after the bus crashed right into a truck within the western village of Nemale, officers say.
At the least 37 folks had been killed and 18 others severely injured in a bus crash in Cameroon’s western village of Nemale, officers mentioned.
The 70-seater bus was on its strategy to the capital, Yaounde, from the western city of Foumban when it crashed right into a truck whereas attempting to keep away from a crowd of individuals on the street about 2am native time (01:00 GMT) on Sunday, Absalom Monono Woloa, a senior authorities official within the space, mentioned.
“Many of the travellers had been both going to spend New Yr’s Day with their households, getting back from Christmas Day festivities or had been enterprise folks supplying presents for New Yr’s feasts,” he mentioned.
Village residents ran to the street to assist greater than 60 commuters who had been on the bus, he mentioned.
The dying toll will possible rise as rescue employees dig by the wreckage, he mentioned.