ABUJA, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Four bodies were recovered on Tuesday at the scene of a road accident in Nigeria's north-central state of Kwara, said the local road safety police.
The accident occurred late Monday when a passenger bus had a head-on collision with a truck on the Omu-Aran-Oke-Onigbin highway in Kwara, the police said.
The accident disrupted the smooth flow of traffic on the busy highway for hours early Tuesday.
The truck dragged the bus before pushing it into a ditch, said Festus Adetunji, head of the road safety police in Kwara.
Adetunji blamed the accident on overspeeding and dangerous driving, warning motorists against flouting traffic rules.
According to him, almost 70 percent of accidents on Nigerian roads are caused by human errors through overspeeding and dangerous driving.
"The job of road safety regulations is a collective responsibility of the stakeholders and everyone is expected to play his or her roles diligently, effectively and efficiently," he added.
