Mvan, Yaounde: Three Killed In Road Accident

A mini-bus collided with a taxi in the evening of November 8, 2016, at about 7 pm.

Three people lost their lives in a road accident in the Mvan area of Yaounde in the evening of Tuesday, November 8, 2016. According to sources, the incident occurred between 6.30 pm and 7 pm when a taxi travelling from Mbankomo to Yaounde collided head-on with a Toyota Hiace mini-bus travelling from Yaounde to Douala.

The Head of the nearby Ahala Gendarmerie Post, Senior Warrant Officer (“Adjudant chef”) Miyono Paul Calvin, when contacted yesterday, November 9, 2016, refused to give any information, explaining that current service regulations forbade him from doing so. However, witnesses said the over-speeding taxi swerved to avoid a pothole about 100 metres to the flyover adjacent the Sofavinc wine plant from Mvan end, thereby colliding with the mini-bus.  The aftermath left two people dead on the spot – a 67-year-old woman and another younger woman, Samuel, a neighbor, told Cameroon Tribune yesterday. Th...