At least 17 students were on Friday reported dead when a truck crashed into a shop in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde, national radio reported on Friday.
Witness Aisha Mama told local media DPA that the building in the neighbourhood of Monte des Soeurs was destroyed in the late Thursday accident.
The students were buying sweets at the shop. Several people were also seriously injured.
There was no immediate information on the reasons behind the crash.