Victor Choma Choma said on Thursday the cargo truck was carrying passengers on top of the goods it was transporting when it capsized late on Wednesday in Lake Tanganyika. He said the passengers were headed to a town near Burundi’s border to sell their goods.
A UN-run radio station says there were six survivors.
DRC is a vast country of jungles and rivers in Central Africa with little more than 480km of paved road, much of it in poor repair. Road crashes are common because of reckless driving, overcrowded vehicles in poor condition and a near-total lack of enforcement of safety regulations.
Source: News 24
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