(CNN) -- At least 60 people were killed Saturday in a collision between a bus and a truck in the West African country of Burkina Faso, according to local media reports.
The accident happened before dawn on a road west of the capital, Ouagadougou, The Associated Press reported, quoting state radio.
Many more bus passengers were injured as fire swept through the bus, according to state radio.
A local journalist told AP that firefighters were still battling the blaze eight hours after the crash. Moussa Souna said there were bodies trapped inside.
The cause of the crash was unknown, AP said. A regional official told AP the driver of the bus had survived the crash.
Road accidents are common across West Africa, especially toward the end of the rainy season as potholes fill with water.
Death tolls from traffic accidents tend to be high because of overcrowding on buses and because people travel on top of trucks, AP said.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/15/burkina.faso.accident/index.html
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