Angola: Road Accidents Claim 10 Lives in Bocoio

At least ten people were reportedly killed and 21 injured in Bocoio district, south-western Benguela province, following 25 road accidents recorded during 2007, said the district Command of National Police.

High-speed, drunk and driving, and flouting the road regulation, were accounted for the accidents, happened in road linking Bocoio/Lobito, whose material damage was estimated at AKz 534,000.

During the referred period, the local Command also registered 108 assorted crimes, 105 of which were clarified, and 119 people were detained supposedly involved in criminal activities.

Angola: Road Accidents Claim 10 Lives in Bocoio

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Angola: Angola/Kwanza Norte - Road Accidents Claim Over 72 Lives

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Seventy two people died, 539 others were injured in 2007 in northern Kwanza Norte province as a result of 469 road accidents, police source told ANGOP.

According to the provincial Command of the Police Corporation, in comparison to 2006 there was an increase of 24 deaths and 276 wounded, whereas the material damages stood at over AKz 27.6 million.

The mentioned accidents happened in districts of Cazengo, with 255 cases, Cambambe recorded 152, Golungo-Alto, 24 and Lucala with 17 cases.

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Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

11 January 2008
Posted to the web 11 January 2008