Motorbike riders burn down truck in Douala

Motorbike riders in the Littoral Region set a truck on fire on Monday after losing one of theirs in a road accident.

The incident took place in the locality of Yassa in Douala.

The truck is believed to have hit a motorbike rider to death in the same area, according to Mutations.

The rider is said to have died on his way to hospital.

His colleagues decided to take revenge by burning the truck.

The same paper reports that eyewitnesses say the truck had tried to overtake the motorbike unjustly before crushing the vehicle.

The truck was reportedly carrying kitchen utensils, school bags, clothes, fridges, beddings, carpets, and many other things. It was driving from the direction of Yaounde, it says.

Mutations also states that this is the second incident of that nature happening in the same locality in under a week.

Douala is practically the busiest town in Cameroon. Road accidents are more frequent in the economic capital of the nation than anywhere else in Cameroon.

Motorbike riding has become one of the most ‘attractive’ jobs in Cameroon, especially young boys.