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             UN Ambassador's Motorcade Hits, Kills Boy in Cameroon

   by Megan Duzor

   A vehicle in a motorcade transporting Samantha Power, the United
   States' ambassador to the United Nations, struck and killed a young boy
   Monday while traveling through northern Cameroon.

   A U.S. official said the accident occurred near the northern town of
   Maroua where Power was visiting refugee camps and talking with
   officials about the threat of Boko Haram Islamist militants in the
   region.

   According to news reports, villagers had lined the roadside to watch
   the motorcade speed by when a seven-year-old boy darted into the road.
   One of the cars in the motorcade, an armored Jeep, was not able to
   serve away. The driver is reported to be Cameroonian.

   U.S. officials say Power later returned to the scene of the accident
   and visited the family of the young boy to offer her condolences.

   The Associated Press reports the motorcade was moving quickly, at times
   exceeding 60 mph. It said the vehicle that hit the boy initially
   stopped, but was told by U.S. security officials to keep moving through
   the unsecured area. An ambulance in the U.S. caravan did stop and
   rushed the boy to a local hospital.

   U.S. officials say the area was near recent instances of violence by
   Boko Haram Islamist militants.
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