22 dead, 7 injured in road accident in Botswana

June 2

At least 22 people were killed and seven were injured in a road accident Thursday in the northeastern part of Botswana, local police said.

Superintendent Robert Mmese, a senior officer in northern part of Botswana, said the accident happened when a truck collided with a minibus on a road northwest of Francistown, Botswana's second-largest city.

The cause of the accident is under investigation, he added.

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