2023-07-19 15:44:04
At least 34 people were killed and 12 others injured on Wednesday July 19 in a collision between a coach and a commercial vehicle, near Tamanrasset, in the far south of Algeria, Civil Protection announced.
The accident, followed by a fire, occurred around 4 a.m. when a bus linking Adrar to Tamanrasset, about 2,000 km from the capital, Algiers, hit a utility vehicle, the source said. The operations of extraction and evacuation of the victims continue, according to the Civil Protection.
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No information on the causes of the accident
The wali (prefect) of Tamanrasset, Mohamed Boudraâ, went to the public hospital establishment (EPH) Mesbah-Baghdad in Tamanrasset to inquire about the state of health of the 12 injured, suffering from serious burns, according to the Algerian official agency APS. Previously, the delegation of the wilaya (prefecture) went to the site of the accident to follow the evacuation of the victims and the wounded to the hospital of Tamanrasset.
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The accident occurred near the village of Outoul, about twenty kilometers west of Tamanrasset, a transit region for the transport of goods between the south of the country and the north.
According to Civil Protection, the bus transported travelers between the two towns in the Algerian Sahara, Tamanrasset, a town of 150,000 inhabitants, which has an airport, and Adrar, where around 2,000 people live. The accident has not yet aroused official reactions while President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is in China for an important official visit. The official authorities did not give any information on the circumstances of the accident and its possible causes.
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Most of the victims were burned alive, according to several local media which broadcast images of the bus engulfed in flames, with a man helplessly watching the huge fire.
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The accident occurred near the town of Outoul, about twenty kilometers west of Tamanrasset, a transit region for the transport of goods.https://t.co/G4iOY3Mx9R– The Digital Reason (@LaRazon_Bolivia) July 19, 2023
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Other pictures show the two vehicles involved in the accident completely charred and fire trucks and Civil Protection intervened on the scene. The condition of the two vehicles shows a particularly violent impact.
This is the deadliest accident in this region since the end of December 2020, when 20 people were killed and 11 others were injured when their vehicle overturned near Tamanrasset.
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Bordering Niger and Mali, the Tamanrasset region is a crossing point for illegal sub-Saharan migrants seeking to immigrate to Europe via Algeria. The speed of motorists, including public transport drivers, is the main cause of road accidents in Algeria, according to the National Delegation of Road Safety, a government agency.
In 2022, Algeria recorded nearly 22,980 traffic accidents which left 3,409 dead and 30,479 injured, according to the national road safety delegate, Nacef Abdelhakim.
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