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Associated PressAUG 20 2024
At least 59 people have died after a fuel tanker collided with a lorry carrying travelers and cattle in central Nigeria's Niger state at about 00:30 local time on Sunday (19:30 ET Saturday).
According to the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, rescue operations were underway at the site of the accident, and the deceased had been given a mass burial.
A spokesman for the Niger state emergency unit said that "more dead bodies could be discovered in the process of the continued evacuation, adding that the state government is paying for the injured people's hospital treatment.