Deadly Crash in Cameroon

By Naadiya Adams

37 people were killed when their bus hit a truck in central Cameroon police said at the weekend.

10 of which were women and four children.

The bus was found in a ravine where 19 other people also cited injuries. Ndikinimeki police commissioner Moantsouog Mempou Paulin told local a radio station.

According to the commissioner, the bus hit a lorry coming in the opposite direction

The passengers were returning to the capital Yaounde after the Christmas break, Manfred Missimikin of road accident prevention NGO Securoute told AFP.

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