<p>Around 30 people were killed and some 50 were injured when two buses collided in central Chad, the Sahel country's transport ministry said on Monday.</p>.<p>The accident happened overnight on Sunday when a passenger bus coming from the capital N'Djamena collided with a bus from Abeche, the country's third-largest town, the ministry said in a statement.</p>.<p>Abdelaziz Hisseine, secretary of the department (county) of Batha West, put the toll at 33 dead and 54 injured.</p>.<p>"All of the injured have been taken to Abeche," said Hisseine.</p>.<p>The ministry statement said an inquiry had been launched.</p>.<p>Fatal traffic accidents are frequent in Chad, a vast semi-desert country, typically caused by excessive speed, bad roads and poor vehicle roadworthiness.</p>.<p>At least eight people were killed in a truck accident in the south of the country in July 2021.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Around 30 people were killed and some 50 were injured when two buses collided in central Chad, the Sahel country's transport ministry said on Monday.</p>.<p>The accident happened overnight on Sunday when a passenger bus coming from the capital N'Djamena collided with a bus from Abeche, the country's third-largest town, the ministry said in a statement.</p>.<p>Abdelaziz Hisseine, secretary of the department (county) of Batha West, put the toll at 33 dead and 54 injured.</p>.<p>"All of the injured have been taken to Abeche," said Hisseine.</p>.<p>The ministry statement said an inquiry had been launched.</p>.<p>Fatal traffic accidents are frequent in Chad, a vast semi-desert country, typically caused by excessive speed, bad roads and poor vehicle roadworthiness.</p>.<p>At least eight people were killed in a truck accident in the south of the country in July 2021.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>