At least 48 people have been killed in the central Nigerian state of Niger, after a fuel tanker collided with a lorry carrying passengers and cattle, the country’s disaster agency said, the BBC reports.
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency said the collision happened at about 00:30 local time (01:30 GMT) on Sunday, and caused an explosion which engulfed both vehicles.
Director-general of the agency, Abdullahi Baba-arah, said response teams were dispatched to the scene to manage the situation.
A number of other vehicles were also caught up in the explosion.
