Nigerian accident claims 23

14 December 2009

Twenty-three people burned to death when a bus carrying mourners to a funeral collided with a truck on a road in southwest Nigeria, police said Monday.

Killed were the 18 people on the bus travelling to the funeral in Okeho city, as well as five others in the truck that was hauling planks, Oyo state police spokesperson Makun Abodunde said.

Both vehicles burst into flames, burning their occupants, he said.

- SAPA