15 people killed in drunken crashes in Burundi

BUJUMBURA - Ten people were killed and seven injured in southern Burundi when a drunk driver plunged a bus into a valley on Christmas Day. Another five were killed and 21 gravely injured when a taxi rammed into a crowd of people coming out of Christmas Mass in the southern province of Makamb.

"The cause of the accidents was high speed, and the drivers of those vehicles were drunk," provincial police chief Emmanuel Bizimana said.

Deadly road accidents are common in Burundi, where many rely on old minibuses driven at high speed across rough roads.

- REUTERS