(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) At least fifteen people were killed Saturday when a bus and a
truck collided head-on along a busy highway in the southern part of
Nigeria, local traffic police said Sunday, trend reports citing
xinhua .
Bisi Kazeem, the national spokesperson for the Federal Road
Safety Corps, disclosed this in a statement and said the accident
took place at the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway at about 8:20
p.m., local time.
"The victims have been given mass burials. All obstructions have
been cleared. The Enugu State Fire Service already extinguished the
fire in the bus," he said. "The fatal crash is blameable on several
factors, including fatigue, which must have made one of the drivers
sleep on the wheels."
While confirming no survivors from both vehicles, Kazeem warned
motorists to desist from nighttime journeys to reduce fatalities
from road crashes.
Nigeria often sees deadly road accidents mainly caused by bad
road conditions and reckless driving.
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