Cameroon: At least 50 people dead, 21 injured after a fuel truck collides into a passenger bus

Cameroon : At least 53 people have died and 21 others were injured in Cameroon when a bus collided with a truck early Wednesday in a village in the western part of the country, officials said. The accident occurred at around 3 a.m. at the Cliff of Dschang, near the city of the same name.

According to the information received, a speeding truck illegally transporting fuel ran into 70-seat bus transporting passengers from the coastal commercial city of Doula to Bafoussam, the capital of Cameroon. A collision between the truck and the bus sparked uncontrollable fire which ravaged the truck, the bus, and its occupant.

As per reports, the bus belonged to Menoua voyages, an interurban travel agency operating in the region. The injured, which include children, according to Cameroon state media CRTV, were taken to Dschang District Hospital. Last month 37 people, including four children, died when a bus hit a lorry on the Yaounde-Bafoussam road in central Cameroon last month, according to Associated Press.