The governor of Sudan’s Blue Nile province was killed Sunday in a car crash that also injured four others, authorities said.
Abdel-Rahman Nour-el-Daem al-Tom was heading to the capital on official business when his vehicle overturned close to the city of Wad Madani, around 135 kilometers southeast of Khartoum, according to a statement by the ruling sovereign council.
Police in Wad Madani said the vehicle overturned when the driver attempted to avoid hitting a child crossing road.
Four others — the driver, two of the governor's relatives and his bodyguard — were injured in the accident, police said.
The state-run SUNA news agency posted a photo of a crushed Land Cruiser SUV vehicle in which al-Tom had been riding. The vehicle appeared to have tumbled off the road into farmland.
