A bride and 7 members of her entourage tragically died as the bride was being conveyed to her husband’s home in Azare, Bauchi south, in a Honda Civic that crashed into
moving tanker.
According to the eyewitness, the accident occurred Friday night, in Gaya, 65 kilometers from Southern Kano; the driver lost control at a diversion point and crashed into the tanker.
The witness said that the crash had occurred around 7.05 pm local time and by the time they had arrived they were “confronted with lifeless bodies of 7 females and a male.”
The eyewitness also revealed that the police in Gaya conveyed the bodies to Gaya General Hospital.
The journalists report that the tragedy triggered traffic gridlock on the highways as commuters were forced to halt their journey due to pressure on the road by sympathizers who joined law enforcement agents in the recovery operation.
The case was officially confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Command, Kano, Malam Muhammad Garba.
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