Dozens of people were crushed to death by a trailer in Yaoundé today, police have said. The trailer, which reportedly suffered a brake failure, ran over a sea of other vehicles at the said location. Police have deposited the corpses at the mortuary of the Yaoundé General Hospital.

Police also reported the death of a woman and a motorbike rider who were killed by the truck. A Mercedes Benz parked in front of a bakery, having on board a gentleman and two children including some pretty ladies serving in the bakery were all sent to the land of their ancestors in the accident.

By Sama Ernest