10 dead, dozens injured in Cameroon car crash


YAOUNDE, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Ten people are feared dead while dozens more were injured in a horrific car crash Friday in Cameroon's Centre region where Yaounde, the Cameroonian capital is located, according to witnesses and police.

The accident occurred when a bus transporting more than 30 people collided head-on with a truck loaded with sand in the Obala locality of the region, witnesses told Xinhua.

"Some of those who were on the bus were going to attend a funeral. It is a real tragedy," James Wakam, a witness who was at the scene told Xinhua by phone.

"We are still to know exactly how many people were killed but we have counted 10 bodies already," a traffic police officer told Xinhua but refused to be named because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

Photographs available so far showed the wrecked VIP-branded bus, with seemingly lifeless bodies scattered around.

Police said a formal investigation into the incident is underway.

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