People gather at the scene of a bus crash in Santchou village in western Cameroon Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.
At least 53 people have died and 21 others were injured in Cameroon when the bus collided with a truck early Wednesday in a village in the western part of the country, officials said.
“A speeding truck illegally transporting fuel ran into the 70-seat bus transporting passengers from the coastal commercial city of Douala to Bafoussam, the capital of Cameroon’s West region,” he said.
"A collision between the truck and the bus sparked uncontrollable fire which ravaged the truck, the bus and its occupants.”The truck driver, however, escaped after the crash and Augustine has called for his arrest.
In December, 37 people died and 18 others were seriously injured in an accident in the western village of Makenene.