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Father and son die in collision followed by fire in Jos

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A father and his son died when their tricycle caught fire after colliding with a commercial bus in Sabon Barki, in the Jos South area of Nigeria. Three people were injured, including the father’s wife, according to witnesses cited by Daily Trust.

A father and his son died when their tricycle caught fire after colliding with a commercial bus in Sabon Barki, in the Jos South area of Nigeria’s Plateau State. Three other people were injured, Daily Trust reports, citing witnesses.

The accident happened at about 4.20pm on Sunday as the family was returning from church. Witness Kefas Gyang told the newspaper that the bus hit the tricycle, which caught fire immediately after the collision.

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