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NIGERIA-ACCIDENT
6 burned to death in Nigeria road accident
ABUJA, Oct 25, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – Six people were burned to death in a
road accident which involved two buses and a stationary truck on the Sagamu-
Benin expressway in Nigeria’s southern region on Wednesday, according to the
local road traffic police.
A total of 16 people were involved in the accident, 10 of them sustaining
varying degrees of injury, the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps based
in the southwestern state of Ogun, said Thursday.
Its spokesman Babatunde Akinbiyi cited wrongful overtaking as the cause of
the accident.
Akinbiyi said two buses had a head-on collision and both rammed into the
stationary truck with an inflammable substance.
A fire broke out from the trunk of the truck due to the impact of the
accident, burning six of the victims beyond recognition, the traffic police
spokesman told reporters late Wednesday.
The injured victims have been taken to a local hospital, he added.
BSS/XINHUA/FI/ 1515 hrs