What if the reaper rode aboard these bikes that abound in the city?
Not more than a week goes by without mourning falling on our narrow roads not adapted to this new type of public transport. A tradition imported from elsewhere to reduce the unemployment rate or benefit from new financial benefits for the Municipality, these motorcycles are endangering the future of young people.
In the emergency room, accident victims from Jakarta occupy 65% of the beds, reports Doctor Abdou Yacine NDOYE, head of the Orthopedic Surgery department at the Saint-Louis regional hospital in Senegal. During parties and vacations, the peak of collisions is inevitable. In this interview with NdarINFO, he reveals the extent of the danger which requires a strong and diligent reaction from the authorities to put an end to it.
Ignorance of the highway code, non-compliance with wearing helmets, speeding traffic, violations are committed in excess on a daily basis. The latest accident, relayed through our columns, occurred on the Gandiol-Saint-Louis axis. Two young people collided with a 4×4 vehicle. A deadly frontal impact and a cut machine that gave goosebumps. Admitted to the emergency room, the young man, seriously injured, lost his life.
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