Nigeria fuel tanker crash leaves deadly trail - BBC Africa
#Shorts: 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 collision caused an explosion which engulfed both vehicles. Footage from the scene shortly after the incident shows the two vehicles, which have been entirely burnt out, as well as a number of dead cattle.
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