The accident has occurred on a highway linking the capital Kinshasa to the country's sole port at Matadi on the Atlantic Ocean

KINSHASA, DR Congo – About 50 people died and 100 were burnt on Saturday, October 6 after an oil tanker collided with a vehicle on an arterial highway in the west of Dominican Republic of the Congo, the acting governor of the region said. The incident took place near the city of Kisantu, along a main highway which links the capital Kinshasa to the country's sole port at Matadi on the Atlantic Ocean. The accident occurred overnight in the village of Mbuba, not far from Kisantu city and about 200 kilometers (124 miles) southwest of the capital, Kinshasa. Many of the injuries occurred as flames from the crash “spread rapidly engulfing nearby houses,” the UN’s Okapi radio said.
At least 50 people are killed and 100 others are injured after an oil tank truck collides with a vehicle on the Kinshasa—Matadi highway in Kisantu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.