20 passengers die in Bauchi auto crash

20 folks have been reportedly died whereas two others sustained critical accidents in a deadly auto accident at Tirwun village, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis alongside Bauchi-Maiduguri expressway.

The aaccident occurred on Sunday between a Toyota 18-passenger bus in its approach to Maiduguri from Jos and a Gulf taxi approaching Bauchi.

The 2 autos, in response to eyewitnesses had been concerned in a head-on collision the place the passengers died.

Whereas confirming the accident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, DSP Ahmed Wakil, mentioned police deposited 20 corpses of the victims on the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa College Educating Hospital’s Mortuary.

DSP Wakil added that the 2 survivors who had been females, had been receiving therapy on the Hospital.

Additionally an eyewitness mentioned the 2 autos went up in flames, burning the 20 passengers on board past recognition.

20 passengers die in Bauchi auto crash