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little boy has been crushed to death by a speeding car on the convoy of
the US ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power leaving the family in deep
sorrow.
The US ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power
The US ambassador to the UN has expressed her "great sorrow" after her motorcade accidentally hit and killed a seven-year-old boy in Cameroon.
Samantha Power was in Cameroon to show US support for the campaign
against militant Islamist group Boko Haram when the accident happened on
Monday.
She said she met the boy's family to offer "profound condolences".
An armoured jeep knocked the boy as he tried to cross a road when the convoy was heading towards a refugee camp.
"Although the boy received immediate medical care from an ambulance in our convoy, he died shortly thereafter," Ms Power said.
US officials were unable to say whether their government will pay
compensation to the boy's family who lived in a village in northern
Cameroon. AFP news agency reports.
Ms Power's motorcade was moving at a fast speed when the sixth
vehicle in it hit the boy after he darted on to the two-lane highway
near the small city of Mokolo, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Samantha met with the family of the little boy
The vehicle that struck the boy stopped, but was then ordered by US
security forces to continue travelling through the unsecured area, AP
reports.
Ms Power later met children at a camp for people who fled attacks
by Boko Haram, which is fighting to establish an Islamic state in the
region.
"All of you who are attempting to fight this terror, the United States stands with you,'' she said, AP reports.
Boko Haram is the most dangerous militant group in the region.
It launched its insurgency in northern Nigeria in 2009, but has increasingly targeted neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
The conflict has led to the deaths of some 17,000 people, destroyed some 1,000 schools and displaced 2.5 million people.
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