32 killed in a ghastly motor accident in Katsina

No fewer
than 32 persons were burnt
to death in an accident that
occurred in Rimaye village in
Kankia Local Government
Area of Katsina State on Thursday. An eyewitness said on Friday
that four other persons were
injured in the accident, which
occurred at about 11 p.m.

when a Volkswagen golf car
and a J5 bus coming from the opposite direction collided. According to an eyewitness,
the driver of the Volkswagen
car with registration number
AG 59 MAN, carrying eight
passengers, lost control
while negotiating a sharp bend and had a head-on
collision with the J5 bus. It was gathered that the
impact of the collision
resulted in a fire which
engulfed the two vehicles. A total of 24 persons were
said to have died in the bus,
which was going to Funtua
from Katsina, while all the
eight passengers in the golf
car traveling to Katsina from Funtua, died. The remains of the victims
were buried in a mass grave,
while the four persons who
sustained various degrees of
injuries were rushed to the
Kankia General Hospital. ASP Ibrahim Mohammed,
the Public Relation Officer
(PPRO) in the Police
Command in the state,
confirmed the incident,
saying that four survivors of the incident were now
receiving treatment at the
Kankia Hospital. He further said that
investigation was being
carried out on the incident.l of 24 persons were
said to have died in the bus,
which was going to Funtua
from Katsina, while all the
eight passengers in the golf
car traveling to Katsina from Funtua, died. The remains of the victims
were buried in a mass grave,
while the four persons who
sustained various degrees of
injuries were rushed to the
Kankia General Hospital. ASP Ibrahim Mohammed,
the Public Relation Officer
(PPRO) in the Police
Command in the state,
confirmed the incident,
saying that four survivors of the incident were now
receiving treatment at the
Kankia Hospital. He further said that
investigation was being
carried out on the incident.

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