UPDATE: At least 40 people confirmed dead, 78 others injured in a bus crash in central Senegal, according to President Macky Sall who declared three days of national mourning
Footage shared on social media showed a crash between two buses, with firefighters and security forces on the scene of the accident.
President Macky Sall said in a tweet that the accident happened in Gnivy village, in the Kaffrine region, at about 3:30 am local on Sunday. He declared three days of mourning starting on Monday and said he will hold an inter-ministerial council to discuss road safety measures. Public prosecutor Cheikh Dieng said the crash happened on National Road No. 1 when a public bus punctured a tire and veered across the road, colliding with another bus coming from the opposite direction.Earlier, Colonel Cheikh Fall, who is in charge of operations for the West African country's National Fire Brigade, said the accident was "serious" and that all victims were evacuated to a Kaffrine hospital and medical centre.
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