Tragedy As Nigerian Woman Dies In Auto Crash 5-days After Her Wedding

 Some other occupants of the bus, which was said to have taken off from Lagos, were burnt beyond recognition when the driver ran into a broken-down heavy tipper truck on the road.

The deceased, Maryam Olawunmi Afolabi Ahmed

A young woman identified as Maryam Olawunmi Afolabi Ahmed, has lost her life in a fatal accident five days after her wedding in Kaduna State.

Maryam, a final year student of the Kaduna Polytechnic, was among 18 passengers of an 18 seater bus killed in a fatal accident which occurred in the early hours of Sunday, June 19, in Gidan Kwano, along Minna-Bida road in the Bosso Local Government area of Niger State.

Some occupants of the bus, which was said to have taken off from Lagos, were burnt beyond recognition when the driver ran into a broken-down heavy tipper truck on the road.

 

Spokesperson of the Niger Command Police Command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed the incident explained that one survivor is currently receiving medical attention in Minna hospital.

The bodies of the victims have been given mass burial at Gidan Mangoro Burial Ground outskirt of Minna, the state capital.