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English By Moki Edwin Kindzeka Share on Facebook Print this page YAOUNDE - Officials in Cameroon say at least 53 people died and 21 were severely burned Wednesday morning when a passenger bus collided with a truck illegally carrying fuel in the western village of Santchou, near the town of Dschang.  Awa Fonka Augustine, governor of the West Region of Cameroon, where Dschang is located, says the crash occurred when a pick-up truck, illegally transporting fuel, collided with a passenger bus.  He says 53 people died in the bus on the spot. H...

Yaoundé Fifty-three people died Wednesday when a bus collided with a fuel-laden van in Cameroon, causing a blaze that engulfed both vehicles, the local governor said. "The dead have all been burned beyond identification," Awa Fonka Augustine, the governor of West Region, said. Twenty-nine people suffered severe burns. The 70-seat bus collided head-on with the van at around 3.30am at a location called the Cliff of Dschang, in central-western Cameroon, he said. The stretch of road is notorious for accidents, with hairpin bends and ravines. The governor said fog may have been a cause of the acc...