22 secondary school students , driver perish in road accident

Twenty-Two students of Government Secondary School Misau in Bauchi State and their driver died in an auto crash along Bauchi – Kano road on Tuesday.

Mr Kabir Ibrahim-Daura, the Public Relations Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kano State, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident occurred around 11am near Tsaida village in Gaya Local Government Area of the state.

According to him, the students were travelling to Kano for an excursion when their bus had a head on collusion with a DAF truck.

He said the 22 students and their driver lost their lives in the accident while three others sustained serious injuries.

“Of the 22 students, 12 are males while the remaining 10 are females.

“Two of the injured were taken to Gaya General Hospital while the remaining one has been referred to a Specialist Hospital in Kano,” he said.

Ibrahim-Daura said all the corpses had been deposited at the General Hospital Gaya. (NAN)