In Agaie area in the north-central Niger state of Nigeria, a fuel tanker truck has collided with another truck, causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people, according to the country’s emergency response agency.

The fuel tanker was also carrying cattle in the Agaie area in north-central Niger state and at least 50 of them were burned alive, Abdullahi Baba-Arab, director-general of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, said on Sunday.

With the absence of an efficient railway system to transport cargo, fatal truck accidents are common along most of the major roads in Nigeria. In 2020 alone, there were 1,531 petrol tanker crashes resulting in 535 fatalities and 1,142 injuries, according to Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps.