14 dead, over 24 injured as lorry ploughs into vehicles, pedestrians in DR Congo

At least, 14 people died and somewhere in the range of two dozen more were harmed when a lorry blasted through vehicles and pedestrians in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa, police said.

Referring to observe accounts, Kinshasa open security boss Miguel Bagaya revealed that the lorry crashed into a taxi transport and different vehicles just as pedestrians after its brakes bombed on Sunday.

"Until now, there are 14 dead and a few harmed. There could be more than 30 harmed," Health Minister Eteni Longodo said after visiting the scene.

"The legislature is here. We are dealing with people. We will guarantee that everyone profits by quality treatment," Longodo included.

Congolese regularly blame the experts for reacting deficiently to such episodes.

Inside Minister Gilbert Kankonde, who joined Longodo at the scene, said the legislature would try to take "preventive measures" to take action against speeding along a bustling inclining stretch of the street close to the college.

Witness Joseph Enenge told UN-run Okapi radio he evaluated the loss of life at around 30 while another observer, Yasmine Lutonadio, said that "there were such a significant number of dead, I can't take it in." Energy and Lutonadio said the lorry had hit around eight vehicles.

Sources saw about six broke vehicles at the scene, including two minibuses and three autos.

Top Congo FM radio tweeted that the lorry was conveying a payload of stones and hit "a few vehicles and motorbikes", without giving further subtleties.