DAKAR
\nA bus swerved to avoid hitting a donkey and collided with a truck, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens of others in Senegal on Monday, authorities said.
\nThe collision happened near Ngeun Sarr in the country\u2019s north, President Macky Sall tweeted.
\n\u201cYet another fatal accident on our roads,\u201d he said. \u201cMy heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. Speedy recovery to the injured.\u201d
\nThe crash involved a public bus and a transport truck, the fire department said. The bus was apparently trying to avoid hitting a donkey, local fire department commander Lt. Ousseynou Ndiaye said.
\nLast week, 40 people were killed in a bus crash in Gnivy village, in Senegal\u2019s Kaffrine region. After that crash, the government announced reforms to try and stem collisions.
\nTraffic crashes happen regularly in the West African nation because of poor roads, bad cars and drivers not adhering to the rules, locals say.
\nIn 2017, at least 25 people were killed when two buses also crashed. Many of those people were heading toward the central town of Touba for the annual Muslim pilgrimage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAKAR A bus swerved to avoid hitting a donkey and collided with a truck, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens of others in Senegal on Monday, authorities said. The collision happened near Ngeun Sarr in the country\u2019s north, President Macky Sall tweeted. \u201cYet another fatal accident on our roads,\u201d he said. \u201cMy heartfelt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-307944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n