Car crash kills 20 in Chad

At least 20 people have died and seven are injured after bus crashed into a broken-down lorry in Chad on Thursday night, authorities say.

It happened on a road between Abéché and Oum-Hadjer in the east of the country.

According to Chad’s Transport Minister, Fatimé Goukouni Weddeye, the bus was carrying 31 passengers. She says the accident was caused by driver failures to comply with road safety rules – including speeding, overloading, fatigue and recklessness.

Transitional President Mahamat Idriss Déby expressed his condolences to the victims’ families and promised measures to reduce car accidents in Chad.

By BBC