At least six people, including four National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members travelling in a commercial Hummer bus and one Nigerian Army officer, were burnt alive in a horrific road crash on the Yola–Song highway in Adamawa State on Wednesday.
The victims were trapped in a raging inferno after a military gun-truck conveying soldiers reportedly collided head-on with the commercial Hummer bus, travelling from Kano to Mubi, near Barikin-Sajo, along a dangerous bend on the highway
The spokesperson for the Adamawa State Police Command, Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday night.
“The unfortunate incident involved a military gun truck travelling from Gombi towards Yola and a commercial Hummer bus conveying five (5) passengers from Yola to Mubi,” the statement read.
“Preliminary findings reveal that both vehicles were involved in a head-on collision, resulting in the commercial bus flipping over and bursting into flames.
“Tragically, all five passengers aboard the Hummer bus were burnt to d3ath after the vehicle caught fire following the collision.”
