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 20 people burnt beyond recognition in ghastly auto crash in Bauchi

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From Yahaya Audu, Bauchi

Twenty people were on Friday burnt to death in a ghastly motor accident along Potiskum – Sade road in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi state.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Kamal Abubakar, confirmed the incident in a telephonic interview with Journalists in Bauchi on Saturday night.

DSP Kamal said: “The incident happened yesterday night (Friday) around 9.30pm. It was a head-on collision between a J5 bus motor vehicle and an 18 seater Hummer bus.

“The J5 was coming from Potiskum heading towards Bauchi carrying goats while the Hummer bus was from Bauchi. They had a head-on collision which resulted to fire and 20 people were burnt beyond recognition.”

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Asked on the identity of the deceased, he said he could not give that at the moment.

He however said that: “Nineteen corpses were recognized by family members through the manifest in which they wrote their details at the motor park.”

The Police Spokesman said that a mass burial was held for the deceased on Saturday at 9am at Darazo in Darazo Local Government Area of the state.

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