Dakar, October 29 A serious traffic accident involving a collision between a refrigerated truck and a bus occurred in northwestern Senegal on the 29th, causing 16 deaths and at least 53 injuries, of which 5 were seriously injured.
The Ministry of Land Transport said that at around 1 am on the 29th, a refrigerated truck driving towards Dakar and a passenger bus driving towards the northern city of Saint-Louis at the exit of Pute Town on National Highway 2 Collide. Preliminary investigation revealed that the cause of the accident was that refrigerated trucks changed lanes and overtaken illegally.
According to data provided by the Transport Department of Serbia, more than 600 people die in traffic accidents in Senegal every year, and 80% of the accidents are caused by human factors.
