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At least 10 people died and dozens were hurt Sunday when a lorry ploughed into vehicles and pedestrians in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, police said. Citing witness accounts, Kinshasa public security chief Miguel Bagaya told AFP the lorry smashed into a taxi bus and other vehicles as well as pedestrians after its brakes failed. "There are 10 dead and 41 injured," said Bagaya. Witness Joseph Enenge told UN-run Okapi radio that there were around 30 deaths but this was not confirmed. The university student said the lorry had hit around eight vehicles. Top Congo FM radio tweeted that the lorry was carrying a cargo of stones and hit "several vehicles and motorbikes", without giving further details. st/cdw/txw
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2020-02-16

