Truck rams into crowd, 20 die
12/12/2007 11:44  - (SA)  

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Lagos - Twenty people were killed and several injured after a truck driver lost control and rammed into a crowd by the roadside in southeast Nigeria, said reports on Wednesday.

The Vanguard said the victims of Tuesday's accident in Awka were mostly motorcycle riders, commuters and hawkers standing along the Onitsha-Awka road in Anambra state.

It said the mangled bodies of victims had been deposited at a nearby mortuary, while the injured had been hospitalised. Accidents took place regularly on Nigeria's poorly maintained roads.

Two weeks ago, 21 people were killed after a bus collided with an oncoming truck in the southeastern town of Enugu.

 

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