The scene of a gasoline tanker explosion on a highway in Kogi, Nigeria, Thursday Nov. 10, 2022. At least 12 people were killed when a gasoline tanker crashed on a major road and then exploded in Nigeria's north central Kogi State, police said Friday. (AP Photo/Odogun Samuel Olugbenga)
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - A gasoline tanker crashed and then exploded in north-central Nigeria, killing at least 12 people, police said Friday.
The tanker had brake failure along a major road in the Ofu council area in Kogi state on Thursday night when it collided with a vehicle obstructing the highway, causing a fireball, a police spokesman told The Associated Press.
The vehicle 'œcrushed cars on the way'ť and all the victims were burnt to death, said William Ovye Aya with the Kogi police command.
Bisi Kazeem with Nigeria's Federal Road Safety Corps said other people were injured in the crash.
The road has been cordoned off and road safety workers are working to identify the victims, Kazeem said.
Such crashes are so common along most major roads in Nigeria that the country has introduced new measures to curb their occurrence. More than 10 people were killed in Kogi in a similar crash in September.
Authorities in Kogi are investigating the latest crash, Kingsley Fanwo, the state commissioner for information, told the AP.
Onlookers gather at the scene of a gasoline tanker that had a brake failure and collided with a vehicle on a highway in Kogi, Nigeria, Thursday Nov. 10, 2022. At least 12 people were killed when a gasoline tanker crashed on a major road and then exploded in Nigeria's northcentral Kogi State, police said Friday. (AP Photo/Odogun Samuel Olugbenga)
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Burnt out cars following a petrol tanker explosion in Kogi, Nigeria, Thursday Nov. 10, 2022. At least 12 people were killed when a gasoline tanker crashed on a major road and then exploded in Nigeria's northcentral Kogi State, police said Friday. (AP Photo/Odogun Samuel Olugbenga)
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A man walks past burnt out cars following a petrol tanker explosion in Kogi, Nigeria, Thursday Nov. 10, 2022. At least 12 people were killed when a gasoline tanker crashed on a major road and then exploded in Nigeria's northcentral Kogi State, police said Friday. (AP Photo/Odogun Samuel Olugbenga)
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