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Truck Crash Kills Dozens in Central Nigeria

   Reports say at least 90 dead at busy market in central state of Kogi

   VOA News 20 December 2009

   Reports  from  Nigeria  say  at  least  90  people were killed when an
   out-of-control truck crashed into a crowd at a busy market.
   At  least  40  other  people  were injured in the accident Saturday in
   central Kogi state.
   Nigerian  officials  say  the  driver  of  the  truck lost control and
   crashed into several other vehicles and a nearby crowd of people.
   Federal  officials  say up to 55 people were killed, however reporters
   at the scene say at least 90 died.
   Fatal  traffic  crashes are common in Nigeria, where decades-old roads
   are  normally  pitted  with  potholes  and  drivers frequently fail to
   observe traffic laws.

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