Authorities say a truck carrying passengers crashed in northern Nigeria, killing at least 30 people.
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A crash involving a minibus taxi and a truck has killed at least 11 people in South Africa. A local government official and emergency services reported the incident Thursday. The collision happened in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province. Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma says 11 people including a child died at the scene. ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson has confirmed the deaths and says several people were critically injured. The driver of the minibus was trapped in the wreckage. South Africa’s Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy has instructed the country’s Road Traffic Management Corporation to investigate. The accident follows a similar crash that killed 14 schoolchildren just over a week ago.
A deadly car crash in Nigeria involving former boxing champion Anthony Joshua and two minibus accidents in South Africa have highlighted Africa's poor road safety record. The continent has the highest road fatality rate globally, despite having only about 3% of the world's vehicles. According to the United Nations, Africa sees 26 road deaths per 100,000 people, compared with a global average of 18. The World Health Organization reports that road deaths have decreased globally but increased in Africa. Pedestrians, bicycles, and motorbikes often share crowded roads with cars, buses, and trucks, leading to high pedestrian fatalities.
A man has been arrested after repeatedly crashing his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in New York City. The incident happened Wednesday night while people were gathered for prayer at the deeply revered Hasidic Jewish site. No one was injured. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch says it is too early to speculate on the driver’s motives. Tisch say the incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime. Video posted online shows a car moving forward and backward on an icy driveway leading to a building in the complex. The vehicle rams the doors at least four times. The driver emerges and tells bystanders that it slipped. The driver also makes a comment to police about trying to park.
At least 11 people have been killed in a crash involving a minibus taxi and a truck in South Africa, officials say.
The driver in a deadly car crash that injured heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed his two friends in Nigeria was arraigned on Tuesday. Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, had been charged on four counts, including dangerous driving causing death and driving without a valid national driver’s license. He was driving a Lexus SUV when it hit a stationary truck on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway which links Ogun state to Lagos, causing injuries on Joshua as well as the death of Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele, two close associates of Joshua. Officials later said they found the driver to be driving at high speed.
More than 100 vehicles smashed into each other or slid off the interstate in Michigan as snow fueled by the Great Lakes blanketed the state. The massive pileup Monday prompted the Michigan State Police to close both directions of Interstate 196 just southwest of Grand Rapids. The State Police say there were numerous injuries but no deaths reported. The crash is just the latest impact of the major winter storm moving across the country. The National Weather Service issued warnings about either extremely cold temperatures or the potential for winter storms across several states.
Police in South Africa say a school bus crash has killed at least 12 children.