Nigeria: Truck Crushes 19 in Mangu

12 January 2012

About 19 people have been crushed to death with several others injured in Mangu, Mangu local government of Plateau state when a lorry loaded with sugar cane lost control and skidded off the road to a near by stream killing youngsters who were by the stream washing fruits.

The whole town has been thrown into mourning as parents on hearing of the accident rushed to the scene to search for their children.

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