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Congo (DRC), traffic accidents caused 27 deaths

Xinhua Kinshasa on July 18 (Xinhua comfortable) MSF Congo (DRC) office told Xinhua on the 18th, just east of North Kivu province, a truck loaded with passengers and cargo the evening of 17 Walikale to Masisi road in the provincial capital Goma, 80 kilometers from the rollover occurred, has caused 27 deaths, 31 people were injured.

It is understood that the truck was in excess of the turn after a rollover occurs, in which 26 people were killed and a man on his way to hospital but died from his injuries .

Doctors Without Borders, said its members have joined the International Red Cross and the United Nations in the Congo (DRC) Stabilization Mission in local aid and ambulance personnel to the scene to transport the wounded, the wounded have been sent to all current to a nearby hospital for treatment, as some of the wounded were severely injured, the death toll could increase further.

North Kivu provincial government said the poor road conditions due to the road, and heavy rain in recent days, the area continued, can easily lead to accidents, the Government proposed bypass passage of the vehicle.

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