Sports News | Bus Taking Journalists from Africa Cup Game Crashes, Several Injured

Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Jan 25 (AP) A bus taking journalists back to Abidjan after an Africa Cup of Nations game crashed in the early hours of Wednesday, leaving several people injured.

The accident occurred around 2 a.m. Wednesday on the way from Yamoussoukro to Abidjan, Ivory Coast's largest city and commercial center, where most media are staying to cover the soccer tournament.

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The bus driver and his assistant were the most seriously injured from the impact to the front of the bus. They were taken to a hospital in Treichville, Abidjan for treatment.

Several journalists were also treated for minor injuries.

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They had traveled to Yamoussoukro on buses organized by COCAN, the tournament's organizing committee, to cover the Senegal-Guinea and Angola-Burkina Faso games in Groups C and D. (AP)

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