Emergency services said the accident happened near Kaffrine in central Senegal.
At least 38 people were killed and 87 injured after two buses collided near Kaffrine in central Senegal.
Sunday’s crash happened on Highway 1 at 3:15 a.m. (03:15 GMT).
“It was a serious accident,” Colonel Cheikh Fall, head of operations for the National Fire Brigade, told AFP news agency. “There were 125 victims, of which 38 died.”
He said the victims had been taken to a hospital and medical center in Kaffrine, adding that the wreckage and destroyed buses had been cleared and normal traffic was restored. again.
According to experts, this is one of the traffic accidents with the highest death toll in recent years in a country where road accidents are common largely due to undisciplined drivers, bad roads and damaged vehicle.
