YAOUNDE, Cameroon, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A passenger bus collided with a parked trailer in the Central African nation of Cameroon, killing 20 people and injuring about 30 more, police said.
The incident occurred Monday on a road in the town of Tonga, north of the capital of Yaounde, China's Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the state radio.
Authorities said the passenger bus was traveling to the capital when it collided with the trailer and caught fire.
A police official said the passengers were trapped in the burning bus as the vehicle's doors were jammed, the report said.
"Those who managed to save their lives had to break open some of the windows of the bus to jump out," the official told Xinhua.
He said the trailer, needing repairs, was not properly parked.
