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Twenty dead in DR Congo bus accident
MBANZA-NGUNGU, DR Congo, Oct 20, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Twenty people were
killed early Sunday when a packed bus came off the road on a highway west of
the DR Congo capital Kinshasa and burst into flames, a local official said.
“The provisional toll is 20 dead,” Didier Nsimba, deputy administrator of
Mbanza-Ngungu territory told AFP.
The bus, laden with people and goods, was travelling from from Lufu to
Kinshasa when the brakes failed, he said.
An injured passenger who gave her name as Nacha said more than 100 people
had been in the vehicle at the time, and many bodies were burned beyond
recognition.
Mbanza-Ngungu is located about 150 kilometres (90 miles) west of Kinshasa
on Highway 1, a road with a notorious reputation for deadly accidents.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1644 hrs