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Regional News of Monday, 11 January 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

20 persons killed in Bauchi road accident

The mangled vehicles of the accident that occurred at the Bauchi -Maiduguri expressway The mangled vehicles of the accident that occurred at the Bauchi -Maiduguri expressway

Report indicates that about 20 people have died in an accident along Bauchi-Maiduguri expressway near Tirum village a suburb of Bauchi capital city.

According to the Bauchi police spokesperson, Ahmed Wakili the Sunday afternoon collision involved two commercial vehicles; a Volkswagen Golf heading from Misau to Bauchi and a Hummer Bus heading to Maiduguri from Jos.

In a publication sighted on lindaikejisblog.com, one of the vehicles reportedly went up in flames and its occupants got burnt beyond recognition. Out of 22 passengers involved in the accident only two survived and are said to be receiving treatment at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi.

Wakili added that the corpses of those who died in the accident have so far been deposited at the ATBU Teaching Hospital Mortuary.