« on: November 16, 2008, 12:04:48 PM »
66 dead as sugar truck hits bus
Sixty-six people were killed in the west African country of Burkina Faso in a fiery collision between a bus and a truck.
The bus collided with a truck full of sugar close to the town of Boromo, 160 kilometres west of the capital Ouagadougou. Both vehicles burst into flames on impact.
Eyewitnesses described a gruesome scene, with charred bodies still being pulled from the bus wreckage several hours after the accident.
They said bodies littered the road whilst more passengers were trapped inside the bus. Around 30 people were injured.
There were apparently 75 passengers on board and they were headed to Ivory Coast.
Bus crashes are common in thes region, and are often caused by a combination of poor driving, bad roads, and poorly maintained and overloaded vehicles.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/16/2420850.htm
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"I stood up, unzipped my pants, lowered my shorts and placed my bare ass on the window. That's the last thing I wanted those people to see of me."
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