The Bauchi State Police Command said on Monday that no fewer than 18 passengers lost their lives in an auto crash on the Bauchi-Jos highway.
A statement issued in Bauchi by DSP Mohammed Haruna, the spokesman of the command, said the accident occurred on Sunday.
Haruna said the accident, which occurred at Buzaye Village on the Bauchi to Jos road, involved a DAF Truck with registration number XC-675-BAU and a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number BAU-148-XR carrying 18 passengers.
Haruna said the truck was heading to Jos when it collided with the bus coming from the FCT, which caught fire.
He said a Police patrol team attached to GRA Division and men of the Fire Service from Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi rushed to the scene on rescue mission.
He confirmed that the 18 passengers were certified dead by doctors at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi and their corpses were deposited at the hospital mortuary.
Haruna said two of the deceased were identified as the driver of the bus, Alhaji Adamu Maijama’a, 45, of Jahum, Bauchi, and one Yahaya Umar, 41, of Unguwan Dawaki, Bauchi.
The spokesman said the case was under investigation and efforts were being made to ascertain the actual cause of the accident.
Haruna called on members of the public whose relatives travelled from Abuja to Bauchi on Sunday to visit Abuja Motor Park and check the passengers manifest.
NAN.
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