<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">At least 37 people were killed Tuesday when three buses collided outside the northeast Nigerian city of&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Maiduguri, the country's road safety agency said.</span></b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The accident happened when two commercial buses had a head-on collision and burst into flames, before a third bus then crashed into them, said Utten Boyi, head of the road safety agency for Borno state.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">"So far, 37 people have been confirmed dead and most of them burnt beyond recognition," Boyi said.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The collision happened near Jakana village, some 35 kilometres (20 miles) outside Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The collision occured when the tyre of one of the buses burst and it hit the vehicle coming from the opposite direction, Boyi said, blaming "excessive speeding" for the accident.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Accidents are common on the poorly maintained roads of Nigeria, Africa's most populated country, due largely to speeding and disregard of traffic rules.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Earlier on Tuesday, 17 people were killed and four injured when their bus crashed into a truck near Nigeria's capital Abuja, local media reported, citing a road safety official.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The victims were travelling from northeastern Gombe state, according to the media reports.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Nine people drowned on Saturday when their overloaded car plunged into a dam after its tyre burst outside the northern city of Kano, according to fire safety officials. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>