Sudanese Bus Crash Kills 30 People

    Dec. 19, 2002
    A bus crashed and burst into flames after hitting a hole on an ill-maintained Sudanese highway known as ``the road of death,'' killing 30 people, a government official said Thursday.

    Source ASSOCIATED PRESS

    KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- A bus crashed and burst into flames after hitting a hole on an ill-maintained Sudanese highway known as ``the road of death,'' killing 30 people, a government official said Thursday.

    The victims were buried at the site of the crash, 300 miles southeast of the capital Khartoum, said Sinnar state Deputy Governor Um-Balli Abdallah Al-Ajaab.

    It was not clear how many passengers were on the bus or how many were injured.

    The official said the bus lost its front wheels after hitting a hole in the pavement and skidded on its frame before its fuel tank caught fire Wednesday.

    The poorly maintained highway from Khartoum runs along the Blue Nile to the Sudan-Ethiopian border.

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