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1st LD Writethru: At least 17 killed in road accident in Burkina Faso

Xinhua, May 12, 2017 Adjust font size:

At least 17 people were killed and five others injured in a road accident on Friday in Burkina Faso's southern city of Po, state news agency AIB reported.

The tragedy occurred as a car and a vehicle transporting livestock collided on Friday morning at the entry to Po city, said the report.

Road traffic accident claims the lives of at least 13 people and leaves hundreds people injured every day in Burkina Faso, according to health authorities.

In the capital Ouagadougou alone, police recorded 1,700 road accidents, or at least 20 accidents per day, over the first quarter of 2017.

These traffic accidents resulted in 2,000 victims, out of whom 15 people were killed, according to a quarterly report. Endit