Kano: A medical official says 10
people have died in a truck crash, the third reported incident
of its kind in the last week in Nigeria's north.
Yusuf Makama said today that a truck collided with a
16-seat minibus yesterday evening along a highway in Jigawa
state and injured four others.
Eyewitness Ahmed Mudi Shantake says a jaywalker caused the
accident.
Authorities say 30 people have died in two recent truck
crashes in the country's north.
Crashes are common on Nigeria's poorly maintained roads.
Drivers often travel at high speed and overtake slower
vehicles, leading to head-on collisions and high death rates.
Even main cities are linked by pitted, two-lane roads
crammed with passenger buses, trucks laden with goods and
rickety private vehicles.
PTI
First Published: Friday, October 07, 2011, 22:30