In Nigeria, when a truck or car hits pedestrians or public gatherings, causing injury or death, the incident is almost reflexively classified as a “road accident.” In some cases, families of victims are often compensated by truck owners or drivers’ employers; police file routine crash reports; and life moves on as if the deaths were unfortunate but singular events. Even fatalities involving dozens of people are fold
In Nigeria, when a truck or car hits pedestrians or public gatherings, causing injury or death, the incident is almost reflexively classified as a “road accident.” In some cases, families of victims are often compensated by truck owners or drivers’ employers; police file routine crash reports; and life moves on as if the deaths were unfortunate but singular events. Even fatalities involving dozens of people are fold
