13 burnt to death after bus-digger collision in Nigeria

LAGOS Thirteen people burnt to death when a bus burst into flames after a head-on collision with a digger near Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt, police said on Friday. "A pail loader (digger) skidded off the road and had a head-on collision with an oncoming bus,"Rives state police spokesman Nnamdi Omoni told AFP. He said the bus had left Port Harcourt for Lagos on Thursday morning with the driver and 13 passengers on board."The bus went up in flames and all except one person were burnt beyond recognition,"he said. (AFP)