BUJUMBURA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Six passengers were killed and several others injured in a collision of a passenger minibus and a lorry at Mageyo in Bujumbura Rural province, 20km east of the Burundian capital Bujumbura, witnesses said Thursday.
"The collision happened around 5:00 p.m. (15:00 GMT) and involved a passenger minibus and a lorry of the Burundi Brewery Company (BRARUDI). The minibus was speeding and the driver lost control of the car," witnesses told Xinhua.
According to the witnesses, injured passengers were evacuated to hospitals located in Bujumbura capital city.
They added that the passenger minibus that had about 18 people on board was heading to the capital Bujumbura while the BRARUDI lorry was going to the countryside.
