LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – At least 21 people were killed in a road collision in Nigeria’s northwestern Kano state, officials said.
A road collision kills at least 21 people in northwestern Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – At least 21 people were killed in a road collision in Nigeria’s northwestern Kano state, officials said.
The Federal Road Safety Corps said a heavy-duty truck and a commercial vehicle carrying passengers collided Sunday along the Zaria-Kano expressway, a major road linking cities in the country’s northern region.
The agency said in a statement its preliminary investigation revealed the commercial vehicle driver “contravened established traffic regulations, drove against traffic flow, resulting in a fatal head-on collision with the oncoming truck.”
Only three people survived the crash with injuries, while 19 men and two women were killed, the statement said.