Fourteen people have been killed and four others seriously injured when their bus crashed into a truck and caught fire in northern Nigeria, a road safety official says.
"At around 6:30 am (1630 AEST) today a commuter bus which was carrying 18 passengers crashed into an abandoned truck in the middle of the road that had lost control and fell on its side overnight," Usman Masari told AFP.
The crash happened near the town of Potiskum, capital of Yobe state, added Masari, head of the state Federal Road Safety Commission.
"The bus caught up in flames, resulting in the death(s) of 14 passengers while four others sustained serious injuries," he said.
Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, has one of the worst road accident records in Africa, with poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving conspiring to kill thousands every year.
At least 27 people on a truck laden with cattle and sheep drowned after their vehicle plunged into a river in northwest Sokoto state last month, officials said.
Thursday 17 January 2013
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