KHARTOUM: Nineteen people were killed when a Sudanese passenger bus and a truck collided, in the latest mass-casualty toll on the nation’s roads, state-linked media reported yesterday.
The crash, which also injured 17, happened south of the Nile state capital Ed Damer, the Sudanese Media Centre (SMC) reported without specifying when the crash occurred.
SMC, which is close to the country’s security apparatus, quoted police as saying “the accident happened because a tanker truck crashed into a bus carrying 35 passengers including children.”
The report did not say whether flooding played any role in the crash.
Heavy rains this week have inundated roads in the capital Khartoum and other parts of the
country.
Last month a speeding bus and a minibus collided in eastern Sudan, killing 22 people, official media reported at the time.
AFP
