Six killed in road accident in Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed and 11 others injured in a road accident on Thursday in Burkina Faso, the Governmental Information Service (SIG) on Friday reported.

The accident occurred as a public transport minibus collided head-on with a goods-transporting car around 6 p.m. in a locality between Nobere and Nazinon bridge, the release said.

Last Friday, a road accident claimed the lives of 18 people and injured four others as a public transport car and a vehicle transporting goods collided about 100 km south to the capital Ouagadougou.

Road accidents are common in Burkina Faso. In the capital Ouagadougou alone, the police recorded 1,700 road accidents in the first quarter of 2017.