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Brakna: three dead as two lorries collide and catch fire on Aleg-Boghe road

Two men in white polo shirts, seen from behind, beside a wrecked car on a desert roadside
Road safety campaign volunteers at an earlier crash (file)

Madar (Nouakchott) - Three people were killed, according to a provisional toll, in a collision between two heavy lorries on the morning of Saturday, 14 November 2026 on the road linking Aleg and Boghe in Brakna region, according to the road safety campaign "Together to reduce road accidents", as quoted by local media.

The campaign said the crash happened in the Tamourt El Khadra area, part of the Bouhdida municipality in Aleg department, and that both lorries caught fire after the collision.

One of the lorries was loaded with goods and coming from Nouakchott, while the other was empty and travelling in the opposite direction.

The full circumstances of the crash were not yet clear and the toll remains provisional, the same source said.

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