38 people die and 87 are injured in Senegal bus accident, fire brigade says 

38 people are confirmed dead and 87 were injured when two buses collided near Kaffrine in central Senegal today, a fire brigade official from the western African nation said.

‘It was a serious accident’, said Colonel Cheikh Fall, who is in charge of operations for Senegal’s National Fire Brigade. ‘There were 125 victims, of whom 38 have died.’