Police in Jigawa have confirmed the death of 21 persons in yesterday’s road crash in Gwaram council of the state.
Spokesman Lawan Shiisu said the accident occurred after a Hummer bus conveying 18 passengers from Kano to Adamawa, and an unregistered lorry with three passengers fell into a broken culvert covered with floodwater.
He said: “The accident occurred after one Hummer bus with Reg. No. FYK 406 ZA, and a Canter lorry fell into broken culvert full of water.
“Victims were evacuated to Basirka Hospital, where 21of the passengers were confirmed dead by a medical doctor.”
He said that one of the passengers, 26-year-old Simon Chinapi from Mubi in Adamawa, survived.
According to Shiisu, Commissioner of Police Aliyu Tafida, has visited the scene and directed prompt and discrete investigation into the incident.
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