The accident happened around 3 am at the Dschang Cliff, near the city of the same name.
“This unfortunate accident, which took place during the night, highlights the issue of night travel favored by certain intercity passenger transport companies and the need for their supervision,” said Cameroon’s Transport Minister Jean Ernest Massena Ngalle Bibehe.
The bus belonged to Menoua Travel, he said, a long-distance travel agency operating in the region. The injured, who include children, according to the Cameroonian state media CRTV, were taken to Dschang District Hospital.
The minister said an investigation would “establish responsibilities” and “appropriate action will be taken”. He expressed his condolences to the families of the dead and wished the wounded a “speedy recovery.”
Last month 37 people, including four children, died when a bus hit a truck on the Yaounde-Bafoussam road in central Cameroon last month, according to the Associated Press.