Rwanda cyclists Involved in an accident in Cameroon
17 injured in an accident during a caravan of the Grand Prix International Chantal Biya, reports ACTU du CAMEROUN
The bus carrying riders from the teams of Rwanda, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast made a road exit in a bend and overturned.
A traffic accident took place on September 29, 2018 during a caravan of the Chantal Biya International Cycling Grand Prix, around 10.30am at a place called “Memiam” on the Mbalmayo-Zoetele (Ngolbang) axis.
A bus of “Coaster” type carrying riders from the teams of Rwanda, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast made a road exit in a bend and overturned, making 17 victims immediately transported by emergency Caravan ambulances at the Mbalmayo District Hospital where they were cared for by a team of doctors and nurses.
According to the doctors who performed the radiology on the victims, 15 runners, one (01) race commissioner and one (01) driver were victims.
The President of the Cameroon Cycling Federation and President of the Central Organizing Commission of the 18th edition of the Grand Prix International Cyclist Chantal Biya immediately issued a press release to inform the situation.
According to this release, no deaths have been recorded and victims are not in danger.
It is also learnt that the Rwandan and Burkinabé teams left the hospital and returned to Yaoundé for observation.
