Car crash kills 20 in Chad

20 people have reportedly died after a bus crashed into a broken-down lorry in Chad on Thursday night, BBC.com reports.

Seven others were also injured during the accident.

The accident occurred on a road between Abéché and Oum-hadjer in the northeast of the country.

According to Chad's transport minister, Fatimé Goukouni Weddeye, the bus was carrying 31 passengers.


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She says the accident was caused by driver's failure to comply with road safety rules in the case of a vehicle breakdown, speeding, overloading, fatigue, and recklessness of the driver.