At least seven people were killed and 18 others seriously injured
when a bus carrying wedding guests crashed into an armoured military
vehicle in northeast Nigeria, an official said Saturday.
The
accident occurred late Friday when the bus full of women and children
returning from a wedding collided with the armoured military vehicle
outside the town of Azare in Bauchi state.
“The bus driver lost
control when one of the front tyres burst just outside Azare and
collided with the armoured military vehicle coming from the opposite
direction,” transport official Saidu Yusuf Funtua told AFP.
“We took seven dead bodies to hospital with 18 people injured in the accident. All the victims were from the bus,” he said.
Deadly accidents are common on Nigeria’s poorly-maintained roads, often caused by speeding, overloading or reckless driving.
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