Avenir Voyages closes its agencies to mourn with deceased
The top management of the company, Avenir Voyages has decided to close its agencies on November 30, 2023, as a sign of compassion.
A bus from the travel agency collided with a truck transporting goods that was coming from Foumbot, in the West region, killing nine people and injuring others.
“The Company AVENIR VOYAGES sends its most saddened condolences to all the families. Experienced to which she associates the expression of its very deep compassion. It wishes a speedy recovery to the injured who are currently being treated at the Bafoussam-Kouekong Center Regional Hospital. At the same time, it also salutes the contribution of the local populations who helped remove the bodies and the injured from the rubble,” they said in a release on Wednesday.
The company stated that all its agencies will be closed on Thursday and the day dedicated to the deceased.
“Furthermore, the AVENIR VOYAGES Company remains very sensitive to the actions carried out by the administrative, municipal, and traditional authorities who have strongly mobilized to relieve the pain of the various families affected by this unfortunate incident. However, it announces to all its staff and its kind customers that the agencies of Magba, Foumban, Koutaba, Foumbot, Bafoussam-Djemoun, Douala, and Yaounde will be closed on Thursday, November 30, 2023, from 6 AM. to 6 PM and this day will be dedicated to the commemoration of the illustrious deceased,” they stated.
West governor solicits population to donate blood to victims
The Governor of the West Region, Awa Fonka Augustine called on the population of the West Region to help in donating blood at the Bafoussam Regional Hospital to save the lives of the victims.
He made the statement in a release on Wednesday, November 29, 2023.
“The Governor of the West Region has the honor to ask the populations of the City of Bafoussam and its surroundings, particularly blood donation volunteers, to please go urgently to the blood bank of the Center Regional Hospital of Kouékong, with a view to making blood donations in order to save the lives of those injured in the serious fatal traffic accident which occurred on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at a place called Banéfo and whose current toll is 09 dead and 10 injured,” he said.
He further stated that; “The Governor of the West Region counts on the sense of humanity and the usual civic spirit of the populations of his administrative,”.
About eight people died on the spot and one later in the hospital, while many were injured from the fatal traffic accident that occurred on November 28, 2023, around a place called Banéfo in the Bafoussam 1 District.
