ABUJA — Two speeding buses on Friday collided head-on and burst into flames killing at least 29 people and injuring 16 others in northern Nigeria's Yobe state, police and an official said.

The crash was the latest tragedy to befall travellers on Nigeria's perilous roads, plagued with accidents due to a combination of reckless driving, overloading and poor maintenance.

"Two Toyota Hiace Buses... travelling in opposite directions had a head-on collision and thereafter went off in flames. Twenty nine persons -- eleven of them burnt beyond recognition -- have so far been confirmed dead," national police spokesman Frank Mba said in a statement.

The accident occurred in the state's Nengere area, the statement added. The injured were taken to a hospital in the nearby city of Potiskum.

The head of the road safety commission in Yobe, Usman Masari, told AFP both drivers had been speeding.

He described both buses as 18-seaters, but drivers routinely cram extra passengers into vehicles to maximise their income per journey.

A similar crash killed 33 people near Potiskum in 2010, when two commuter buses collided and caught fire.

The police statement lamented the "incessant" accidents on Nigeria's highways, considered among the most dangerous in the world.

Police urged Nigerians to avoid "speeding, over loading and flagrant disobedience of road traffic laws and regulations".

miredia: May their souls rest in peace. Those roads are death traps.

ebamma: Things that kill nigerians(in percentage)
motor accidents:20percent

air crash : 10percent

witchcraft :5percent

cult clash : 3percent

nigerian girls : 30percent

bokoharam :40percent

police : 50percent

killer number : 5percent

killer amala :10percent

killer fruits :15percent

waec :25 percent

PDP :80percent

slightlyMad: but thats definitely not the actual scene picture, Naija journalism

al-qaeda:
DONT BLAME THE ROADS ONLY. EXTEND UR BLAME TO THE DRIVERS, FRSC, VIO AND MOST ESPECIALLY THE PASSENGERS(RIP) FOR SEEING SUCH USELESS AND FAST DRIVING AND STILL SIT THERE AND SAY NOTHING. THEY COULD HAVE EASILY GRABBED THE MONKEY AND BEATEN THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF HIM.

Da-unashamed:
I wont be surprised if the two buses are those of 'PEACE' mass transit,their drivers drive so recklessly it will be so easy to make many rest in 'peace',you need to see for yourself..RIP to the dead and quick recovary to the injured.

maasoap: I understand you but those drivers dont listen to passengers warning and crying at all. I have witnessed it. They do not listen at all, most especially, NURTW. High speed still remain number one cause of road accidents in Nigeria but I am really amazed when people mention bad roads as number one cause.

Carmall: Road accident is now competing with boko haram...cos thanks to God and jtf boko haram has not been able to kill up to that in recent time.
Government should stand up to their responsibilities, make sure the roads are good, make some laws to checkmate reckless driving...the first responsibility of a government is to safaguard the life of it citizen.

Carmall: Road accident is now competing with boko haram...cos thanks to God and jtf boko haram has not been able to kill up to that in recent time.
Government should stand up to their responsibilities, make sure the roads are good, make some laws to checkmate reckless driving...the first responsibility of a government is to safaguard the life of it citizen.

skyflash: Accidents, boko haram, armed robbers, pen robbers.Kidnappers, i mean whats lifes worth in this country

ebamma: Things that kill nigerians(in percentage)
motor accidents:20percent

air crash : 10percent

witchcraft :5percent

cult clash : 3percent

nigerian girls : 30percent

bokoharam :40percent

police : 50percent

killer number : 5percent

killer amala :10percent

killer fruits :15percent

waec :25 percent

PDP :80percent

nosa gold: Omg! What a bad news, may their souls rest in peace



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