An accident involving a truck, a mini bus and a taxi at the Bandji crossroads in N’Dotré, north of Abidjan, on Thursday left a provisional toll of 19 victims including seven dead, the Military Fire Brigade Group (GSPM) said in a statement.
According to the fire brigade, which carried out a rescue operations alongside the police, the accident caused considerable disruption to road traffic in the area.
According to the Ivorian government, overloading, the state of the roads and the recklessness of drivers are generally to blame for 94 percent of road accidents in Cote d’Ivoire.
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