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Bus accident kills three in Kissane

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The overturning of a supporters’ bus in Kissane, in Senegal’s Thiès department, has left three dead and 26 injured after Binta Ciss died. The accident occurred on 24 October after the Zone 11D final in Notto-Diobass, Seneweb reports, identifying two victims aged 16 and 18.

The death toll from the bus accident in Kissane, in Thiès department, has risen to three after Binte Ciss died from injuries sustained when the vehicle carrying supporters of ASC Ngolfaning overturned. She succumbed to her injuries on Sunday 25 October, according to Seneweb.

The accident occurred on Saturday evening after the Zone 11D final in Notto-Diobass, won by ASC Ngolfaning against ASC Birbirane. The bus had initially left two people dead and 26 injured, some of them suffering fractures, Seneweb reports.

The first two victims were Issa Ciss, 16, and Rokhaya Faye, 18. The revised toll comes a day after the announcement of two deaths and 26 injuries in the bus accident in Thiès, published on 25 October.

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