Families Mourn in Kumbo after Road Accident between Military Truck, Motorbike Kills 7

There are reports of a very fatal road accident involving a truck of the Cameroonian army and a motorbike that was transporting three persons.

According to sources, the tragedy occurred on the morning of Monday June 25, 2018 along the Nkambe-Kumbo highway, two towns in the troubled Northwest region.

A source indicated that the accident happened precisely at a place called Sop, on the outskirts of Kumbo, Bui division.

According to eyewitnesses, the gendarmerie truck that was transporting members of the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) rushing to Bamenda for reinforcement mission, violently hit a motorbike that was carrying three persons.

We learnt that all the three occupants of the motorbike died on the spot as against four of the men in uniform.

This is not the first time the army has suffered a serious traffic accident while headed to a mission in relation to the current Anglophone crisis. About three months ago, a BIR truck somersaulted and led to several casualties while BIR elements were heading to Limbe for a mission.

According to the Minister of Defense Joseph Beti Assomo who recently faced Senators, “in the war between the defence and security forces and secessionists, the defence and security forces pay the heavy price”.