About 21 people have lost their lives in a car crash that occurred along the Kaduna- Abuja highway on Thursday. The highway borders Kaduna and Niger States on Thursday.
From the reports gathered, the accident had involved a truck and a passenger commercial bus en-route to Kano from Abuja and Katsina State.
A source from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kaduna state had additionally revealed that the accident happened close to a Traffic diversion around Niger State, which compelled all vehicles coming from the opposite directions to drive on a single lane due to the ongoing reconstruction of the Kaduna- Abuja highway that is now taking a long time to complete.
The FRSC official had also revealed how the driver of the truck immediately fled the scene of the accident, causing heavy traffic that built up on the busy highway for several hours.
The three surviving passengers were quickly rushed to the Umaru Musa Memorial Hospital in Sabon-Wuse town, near the border between Kaduna and Niger States for medical attention, while the remains of the casualties were deposited at the hospital’s mortuary.
