Four burnt to death in Jigawa crash

Four persons were burnt to death in a motor accident on Tuesday in the Malammadori Local Government Area of Jigawa State.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that eight other persons sustained injuries in the accident which occurred along the Hadejia-Gumel road.

The state Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mr. Muhammad Gidado, confirmed the accident to NAN on the telephone.

Gidado said the accident occurred when a bus, with number plate XB 846 AGB, collided with a lorry.

He said the lorry was conveying goats from Gashua in Yobe State while the passenger bus was travelling from Gumel to Hadejia.

Gidado explained that the two vehicles burst into flames as a result of the collision, causing four persons to burn to death.

NAN