No fewer than 14 persons have been killed in an auto crash in Makole Village along Wudil-Kano road in Kano State.
Eight persons were said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident that occurred on Thursday night.
The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Kano Sector Command, Mr Zubairu Mato, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday.
According to Zubairu, the commercial Toyota Hiace bus conveying 22 persons burst into flame after crashing.
The Sector Commander blamed the crash to overloading, saying 22 persons were loaded in the bus out of which two were men, 15 women, two male children and three female children.
“The accident occurred at around 10:40 pm yesterday (Thursday), on receiving the information, we quickly dispatched our personnel and vehicle to the scene of the incident to rescue the victims at about 10:50 p.m.
“The victims were evacuated to Wudil General Hospital where the 14 dead bodies were deposited at the mortuary, while the remaining eight victims are currently receiving treatment,’’ he said.
