The bus fire in Kazakhstan in which 52 people were killed Thursday is among of the deadliest bus accidents in the world over the past five years. – 2016 –(2) Ghana: A government-operated passenger bus collides head-on with a truck carrying tomatoes in February, leaving 61 people dead and 25 critically hurt. Investigators say the bus, heading to the northern town of Tamale, appeared to have been speeding. – 2013 –(6) Zambia: Fifty-three people die in a high-speed collision between a bus and a truck in February, 100 kilometres north of the capital Lusaka. The Zambia Postal Service bus — which also runs passenger transport services — had been taking passengers from the Copperbelt mining province to Lusaka.

Source: Punch January 18, 2018 12:59 UTC