DAKAR, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Forty people were killed and several others injured in a collision between two buses in the Kaffrine region, central Senegal, Sunday, according to the local authorities in charge of relief and health.
Senegalese President Macky Sall decreed a three-day national mourning Sunday following the traffic accident.
"Following today's serious accident in Gniby (in Kaffrine region) which caused 40 deaths, I have decided on a national mourning of 3 days from Jan. 9th," he said on his Twitter account.
He added that an interministerial council will hold a meeting on the same date to take firm measures on road safety and public passenger transport.
No more detail is available about the deadly accident at the moment. ■