A road accident involving a military vehicle and a commercial Hummer bus on the Girei–Song Highway in Adamawa State has claimed six lives.
According to eyewitnesses, the crash occurred on Wednesday at about 1:50 pm, resulting in a fire that engulfed the commercial bus and killed all the passengers on board.
A soldier, four NYSC members and one other person died in the incident.
The accident reportedly involved a military gun truck travelling from Gombi to Yola and a Hummer bus conveying five passengers from Yola to Mubi.
The collision caused the bus to overturn before bursting into flames.
Speaking on the incident, the spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Adamawa, Abdulrahman Tukur, said: “Emergency responders and security personnel later arrived at the scene to evacuate the victims and clear the burnt wreckage from the highway.”
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Adamawa State Police Command, SP Suleiman Ngurore, said the crash occurred along the Narehi area of Girei–Song Local Government Area.
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He said, “Tragically, all five passengers aboard the Hummer bus were burnt to death after the vehicle caught fire following the collision.
“Preliminary identification shows that four of the deceased were members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to Adamawa State.”
He named two of the victims as Suleiman Juliet and Usman Shuaibu, both from Kaduna State, while efforts were ongoing to identify the remaining victims.
Ngurore added that a soldier attached to the military vehicle also lost his life in the crash.
He said police operatives, in collaboration with emergency responders, swiftly moved to the scene, while the bodies were deposited at the Specialist Hospital, Yola.
He said efforts are ongoing to identify all victims and contact their families, adding that further updates would be provided as investigations continue.
