According to the Fraternite Matin newspaper, a minibus collided with a truck on Thursday in Cote d’Ivoire, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Abidjan, the biggest city in the country.
Out of 34 injured people, 16 have been sent to a nearby hospital, including five children. Three adults are comatose.
Eyewitnesses say that the accident was caused by a punctured tire of the minibus.