70 killed in Nigeria accident
October 10th, 2009 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANSLagos, Oct 10 (Xinhua) At least 70 people were killed when an oil tanker exploded and caught fire enveloping eight other vehicles in southeast Nigeria, a media report said Saturday.
The accident occurred Friday. Five passenger buses were involved in the accident.
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