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Traffic accident with 40 dead – national mourning in Senegal
Senegal’s President Macky Sall is devastated by a serious traffic accident in his country. photo
© Gehad Hamdy/dpa
After an accident with many fatalities and serious injuries, Senegal’s President Macky Sall ordered national mourning from Monday.
40 people died in a serious traffic accident in Senegal. The country’s president ordered a three-day national mourning on Sunday. “I am deeply saddened by today’s tragic traffic accident in Gniby, which killed 40 people and seriously injured many,” Macky Sall wrote on Twitter on Sunday morning. He expressed his condolences to the families of those affected.
National mourning should apply in the West African coastal country from Monday, Sall wrote in another tweet. There should also be a ministerial meeting to discuss road safety. Further details on how the accident happened in the Kaffrine region in central Senegal were not initially available.