Human Interest/Society

Tragedy in Ngaoundere as Accident Cuts Short Two Lives

Two people have died in Ngaoundere, Adamawa Region, after a motorcycle was hit by a heavyduty truck on Sunday night.

The two men, who were traveling peacefully from Ngoundere to Dang on a motorcycle, met their end abruptly near the AFISA factory when their bike was violently struck by a heavily loaded semi-trailer truck.

The impact was fatal: two of the motorcycle occupants lost their lives instantly, crushed beneath the weight of the truck.

A third passenger, seriously injured, is fighting for survival and is receiving intensive care in a city hospital.

According to initial testimonies gathered at the scene, an unsafe overtaking maneuver is believed to have caused the tragedy, throwing the motorcycle and its occupants under the semi-trailer.

Yet another road in mourning, yet more families shattered.
Caution remains a matter of life or death.

Bachirou Elhadj BDO

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