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Dozens killed in DR Congo oil tanker collision
« on: October 14, 2018, 01:56:27 am »
October 7th, 2018 but note, around a week later, another one of these mishaps in Nigeria. Fairly common.

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Dozens killed in DR Congo oil tanker collision

Kinshasa (AFP) - Dozens of people were killed and as many as 100 others suffered serious burns on Saturday after an oil tanker collided with a vehicle on an arterial highway in the west of DR Congo.

The accident occurred on the road linking the capital Kinshasa to the country's sole seaport at Matadi on the Atlantic Ocean.

"We have counted 53 charred bodies," said Florian, a witness, speaking at the disaster site in the village of Mbuba, about 120 kilometres (100 miles) west of Kinshasa.

Read more at: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/60-killed-scores-burnt-dr-congo-road-disaster-162201774.html