What the records say
- When
- 15 Nov 2008
- Kind
- Road accident
- Coordinates
- 12.27° N, 2.07° W
- Description
- bus accident in 2008
- Deaths
- 66
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
2008 Burkina Faso bus crash
Traffic collision
The 2008 Burkina Faso bus crash was a bus accident on 5:30 am, November 15, 2008, that claimed the lives of more than 60 persons near the town of Boromo in Burkina Faso. A heavily-loaded truck carrying 80 people collided with an overloaded bus carrying 95 people on National Highway 1, about six kilometres from Boromo. The bus was on its way to Côte d'Ivoire.
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