ABUJA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and 12 others sustained varying degrees of injuries Tuesday when a car rammed into a moving truck in Nigeria's southwestern state of Ogun, traffic police said.
Florence Okpe, a spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, told reporters in the state capital of Abeokuta, that the incident occurred along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, as the driver of the car lost control "while sleeping" and rammed his vehicle into the truck in front.
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