At least 37 people were killed on Tuesday when three buses collided outside the northeast city Maiduguri of Nigeria.
The collision happened near Jakana village, some 35 kilometres (20 miles) outside Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
According to the AFP report, the accident occurred when two commercial buses had a head-on collision and burst into flames, before a third bus then crashed into them, said Utten Boyi, head of the road safety agency for Borno state.
"So far, 37 people have been confirmed dead and most of them burnt beyond recognition," Boyi said.
The collision occurred when the tyre of one of the buses burst and it hit the vehicle coming from the opposite direction, Boyi said, blaming "excessive speeding" for the accident.
Earlier on Tuesday, 17 people were killed and four injured when their bus crashed into a truck near Nigeria's capital Abuja.
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