The bus accident took place on the night of Saturday January 7 to Sunday January 8, 2023, in the locality of Sikilo near the town of Kaffrine, regarding 250 km southeast of the capital Dakar. The government announced a final toll on Sunday evening of 39 dead, 53 injured in hospital and 42 less injured treated in local health centers. “The two buses would have contained 139 passengers at the time of the accident”the government said in a statement.
Ten of the injured are in “vital emergency”said President Sall following going to the bedside of the victims at the Kaffrine hospital in the company of his Prime Minister Amadou Ba.
The Head of State, who had previously decided to“a three-day national mourning from Monday”promised rapid measures to avoid the reissue of a new “tragedy” Of this genre. “We cannot expose the lives of our compatriots in a transport system that ignores respect for human life”he said.
The Prime Minister must convene an interministerial council on Monday, January 9 to take measures relating to “the condition of the vehicles, the technical control, the issuance of the driving license or even the transport schedules”.
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