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 20 DIE IN FATAL CAR CRASH ALONG ZARIA-KANO  HIGHWAY

Not less than twenty persons have been killed in accident along Zaria-Kano road.

This was confirmed in a statement issued by the Kaduna State commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan.

According to him, the fatal crash between a hummer bus belonging to Kano line and a private Toyota Rav4 SUV occurred in the afternoon on Saturday, fifth June 2021.

The bus was Kano-bound, while the SUV was headed for Zaria.

Eye-witness reports also confirmed that the crash was a head-on collision between the two vehicles, due to bad driving at a diversion point on the highway.

Ten persons were said to have died on the spot while the other ten died later at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika. Several others sustained injuries.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai who was saddened by the incident prayed for the repose of the souls of the deceased and also wished the injured quick recovery.

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