Fuel tanker crash kills 50 in Congo


  • World
  • Saturday, 06 Oct 2018

KINSHASA/MATADI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Around 50 people were killed and another 100 suffered serious burns after a fuel tanker collided with a vehicle in Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, a regional official said.

Deputy Governor of Kongo Central province, Atou Matubuana Nkuluki, said authorities were doing what they could to help victims of the crash in the village of Mbuta, about 130 km (80 miles) from the capital .

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