[TRAGEDY] 35 People, Including 19 Church Members, Die In Multiple Crash

A multiple crash on the Potiskum-Maiduguri highway, involving three vehicles on Monday killed 35 people, including 19 church members on their way back from Lagos where they attended a religious meeting.

“All the 19 members of Redeemed Christian Church of God who were travelling in one bus were burnt beyond recognition as the bus caught fire on collision with the other two vehicles which also burst in flames shortly afterwards,” said Yusuf Sani, spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Commission in Yobe state.

“The victims in the other two vehicles were returning from a wedding.”

The spokesman blamed the collision, which occurred on the highway, on speeding.