Six persons, including four members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), were killed in ariad crash that occurred on Wednesday on the Narehi area of the Girei-Song Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
The spokesman of the Nigeria police Command in Adamawa State, Suleiman Nguroje disclosed this in a statement.
The “unfortunate incident involved a military Gun truck travelling from Gombi towards Yola and a commercial Hummer bus conveying five (5) passengers from Yola to Mubi”, according to him.
Nguroje said, “Preliminary findings reveal that both vehicles were involved in a head-on collision, resulting in the commercial bus flipping over and bursting into flames”.
“Tragically, all five passengers aboard the Hummer bus were burnt to death after the vehicle caught fire following the collision,” the statement read in part.
He also revealed that four of the deceased were serving members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to Adamawa State.
The victims were identified as Suleuman Juliet and Usman Shuaibu, who are both indigenes of Kaduna State. But the remaining are yet to be identified, the police said.
The statement also confirmed that one military personnel attached to the military vehicle lost his life as a result of the crash.
“The corpses have been evacuated to the Specialist Hospital, Yola, while efforts are ongoing to identify the remaining bodies and locate their families,” the police said.
Ohh my God this is so sad