Togo Bus Crash Kills 26, Dozens Injured

VOA Breaking News (Voice of America)
May 7, 2011 at 5:05 am UTC

Officials in Togo say a bus crash in the small West African nation has killed 26 people and injured at least 40 others.

The victims, mostly merchants from neighboring Burkina Faso, where heading to the Togolese capital, Lome, at the time of Friday's accident.

The Burkina Faso government says the deadly crash occurred on a bridge under repair.

The crash is under investigation.