Trailer in Nigeria Crashes Into Vehicles and Bursts Into Flame, Killing at Least 6 People

Trailer in Nigeria Crashes Into Vehicles and Bursts Into Flame, Killing at Least 6 People
Rescue workers remove the trailer that crashed into halted vehicles and burst into flames in Abuja, Nigeria, on March 19, 2025. Olamikan Gbemiga/AP Photo
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ABUJA, Nigeria—At least six people died near Nigeria’s capital Abuja after a trailer crashed into halted vehicles and burst into flames, police said Wednesday.

The accident happened on a busy highway near the Nyanya Bridge in Ayo, around 6 miles from the city center, after the trailer, laden with cement, lost control and rammed into 14 vehicles that were stuck in traffic, the Federal Capital Territory Police Command said in a statement.