Five women were on Friday crushed to death when a truck conveying sand had break failure along Gubio road on the outskirts of Maiduguri.
The incident took place at Shagari Low Cost Junction where the truck rammed into the pick-up conveying women to a farm.
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Eye witnesses said several others were injured in the incident, adding that the truck driver was attempting to overtake another truck but lost control and crashed into the pick-up conveying the women.
Immediately after the accident, some motorists and a mob burnt the two trucks involved. Security agencies were deployed to the scene to bring the situation under control.
