EDIS Number: VI-20140722-44620-SDN
Date / time: 22/07/2014 03:25:28 [UTC]
Event: Vehicle Accident
Area: Africa
Country: Sudan
State/County: State of White Nile
Location: [About 30 miles north of Ad Duwaym]
Number of Deads: 23 person(s)
Number of Injured: 3 person(s)
Number of Infected: N/A
Number of Missing: N/A
Number of Affected: N/A
Number of Evacuated: N/A
Damage level: N/A
Description:
A collision of a bus with a lorry on El Qutainah road, about 30 km north of Ad Duwaym in the White Nile State on Monday, caused the death of 23 people, and the injury of three others. The accident occurred when the bus, on its way from Kosti to Khartoum, smashed into a lorry that was coming from the opposite direction, a driver told Radio Dabanga from Ad Duwaym. "23 passengers were killed instantly. Three other passengers were seriously injured. They were transferred to the hospital of El Qutainah for treatment."
