Black Sunday: 20 people burnt to death in Bauchi auto crash

It was a black Sunday in Bauchi State as 20 people were burnt to death in a ghastly motor accident.

The accident reportedly involved two vehicles. The tragedy occurred around 3.00pm on Sunday, with only two female said to have survived the accident.

Ahmed Wakil, spokesperson, Bauchi State Police Command said the accident occurred at Tirwun area of the state.

“The accident involved 22 passengers who were in two different vehicles, a Hummer Bus 18-seater of Borno Express Mass Transit and a Golf car. The Hummer had 18 passengers while the golf had four,” he said.

According to him, the Borno Express bus was heading to Maiduguri from Jos while the golf car was coming from Misau and was heading to Bauchi.