Truck n Bus Collision 18 Confirm Dead

This is alarming our government need to enforce severe road safety people are dying daily! An accident occurred on the Bauchi-Jos Road at about 10:46 pm at Buzaye village eighteen people were burnt to death in a collision between a DAF articulated truck and a Toyota Hiace bus.

The incident happened on Sunday night according to police spokesman Haruna Mohammed who confirmed the crash.

He said: “The accident occurred when a truck heading for Jos from Bauchi collided head-on with passenger bus from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

“The bus caught fire and the passengers were burnt beyond recognition.

“The truck is registered as XC-675-BAU and the bus BAU-148-XR. It carried 18 passengers.

“The bodies have been deposited at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital mortuary.”

Mohammed said two victims were identified as the bus driver, Alhaji Adamu Maijama’a, 45, who lived at Jahum in Bauchi, and Yahaya Umar, 41, who also lived in Bauchi.

He said: “A police patrol team attached to the GRA Division and officials of the fire service from Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic (ATAP) put out the fire.”