Twenty-one people have died in a road accident involving an 18-seater bus and a lorry along Gwaram-Basirka road in Gwaram local government area of Jigawa state.
21st CENTURY CHRONICLE gathered that the bus conveying 18 passengers, travelling from Kano to Adamawa and an unregistered lorry with three passengers, fell into a broken culvert covered with floodwater.
The spokesperson of the state Police Command, Lawan Shiisu, said the incident happened on Sunday.
“The accident occurred after one Hummer bus with Reg. No. FYK 406 ZA and a Canter lorry fell into a broken culvert full of water,” he said.
“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.
