Twenty-two people were killed and 21 were wounded in southern Mali on Tuesday when a minibus collided with a dump truck, the transport ministry said.
The accident occurred around 9 am on a national highway linking the town of Kangaba near the border with Guinea to Bancoumana farther north in the West African country.
The ministry said in a statement that 19 people were killed at the site of the crash, according to a provisional tally, and that seven of the wounded passengers were badly injured.“The reasons behind the accident are excessive speed and non-respect of road rules,” the ministry said. Road accidents are a regular occurrence in Mali, where the poor state of the motorways has been a source of social tension.Travelling by road is still the principal means of transport for people and goods in the landlocked Sahel nation of some 20 million people.
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