Kébémer accident death toll rises to nine
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
A collision between a tipper truck and a public transport vehicle killed nine people and seriously injured five on the Ndande-Kébémer road in the Louga region. The injured were taken to Louga Regional Hospital and the gendarmerie is investigating dangerous overtaking, according to Senegal's Ministry of Land and Air Transport.
The death toll from the accident on Friday 23 October 2026 on the Ndande-Kébémer road, in the Louga region, has risen to nine, with five people seriously injured. Senegal's Ministry of Land and Air Transport confirmed the provisional toll, according to Senego.
The five seriously injured people were evacuated by firefighters to Louga Regional Hospital. A delegation led by the Minister of Land and Air Transport, Serigne Abdoul Ahad Ndiaye, visited the scene and urged road users to exercise caution, while a gendarmerie investigation is under way.
The tragedy follows the collision on the Kébémer-Ndande road, which killed six people according to a toll published on 24 October. The sand-laden tipper truck reportedly collided head-on with a 12-seater minibus travelling from Dakar to Saint-Louis after overtaking a vehicle that was itself overtaking another, according to initial information from the Ndande gendarmerie.
