20 People Killed in Fatal Auto Crash in Bauchi

Twenty people were last Friday burnt to death in a fatal motor accident on Potiskum-Sade road in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Kamal Abubakar, who confirmed the incident in an interview last Saturday night, said: "The incident happened yesterday (Friday) at 9.30pm. It was a head-on collision between a J5 bus and an 18-seater Toyota bus.

"The J5 was coming from Potiskum towards Bauchi carrying goats while the bus was from Bauchi. They had a head-on collision which resulted to fire and consequently, 20 people were burnt beyond recognition."

However, he could not give the identity of the deceased as at the time of filing the report, but added that "nineteen corpses were recognised by their family members through the manifest in which they wrote their details at the bus park."

The state police spokesman said a mass burial was held for the deceased last Saturday at 9am at Darazo in Darazo Local Government Area of the state.