THE death toll in Friday auto crash in Yobe State yesterday rose to 31. Two more victims died at the Potiskum General Hospital while receiving treatment, hospital sources confirmed.
A breast-feeding mother and her baby were among the 29 persons that died on the spot.
Two commercial 18- seater buses- Borno Express bus with registration number XB 2627 MAD and a Toyota Hiace with registration Number XZ 910 KWL – collided at Dazigau village on the Potiskum-Azare highway.
After the collision the two buses burst into flames. Nine of the 29 passengers were burnt beyond recognition, while 15 people sustained various degrees of injuries.
A six year old boy came out unhurt from the crash, according to Federal Road Safety Corps officials.
The state sector commander of FRSC Shehu Usman Umar Masari told our correspondent that “ there were 36 male and eight female passengers in the two buses and the dead passengers have been given mass burial since Friday”
May God help us to stop this death toll of a thing in Nigeria.. World generally. Amen.
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