“There’s a whole lot of disappointment and a whole lot of ache,” mentioned Abdou Khadre Counta, a trainer from Kaffrine who mentioned his neighbor was killed within the crash as she was touring to assist with a wedding ceremony. “We name on our authorities to take essential measures to keep away from this once more.”

Bounama Diarra mentioned he woke as much as the information that his older sister, who he mentioned had been “like a mom” to him, was among the many deceased. Diarra mentioned that his elder sister had been touring together with her daughter, whose leg was damaged, and her four-month previous grandchild, who was additionally killed within the crash.

“I’m shocked to my core, fully overwhelmed” mentioned Diarra, who walked to the hospital after receiving the decision.

He mentioned he desires his sister to be remembered a somebody who was broadly cherished and cherished everybody in return, a religious Muslim who was “at all times smiling.” The federal government, he mentioned, should take measures to manage the velocity of buses.

Movies and images from the scene confirmed two white mangled buses that had collided, stopping visitors. Senegal’s public prosecutor Cheikh Dieng mentioned that the accident appeared to have been precipitated when a tire burst on one of many buses, AFP reported, inflicting it to crash right into a bus coming in the wrong way.

Officers mentioned that the accident occurred round 3:15 a.m. As many as 87 victims, they mentioned, had been taken to a hospital.

Mamadou Toure in Dakar contributed to this report.