Tragedy: Six crushed to death along Bauchi-Kano highway

Six people have been killed in a fatal road crash that involved two commercial vehicles along the Bauch-Kano highway.

The accident occurred around 6.45pm on Monday November 15

Sources say 19 other commuters sustained varying degrees of injuries in the incident, which was said to have occurred at Durum village along Bauchi-Kano road.

It was gathered that the crash was caused by worn-out tyres from one of the vehicles and it affected 25 people comprising 23 male adults, one female adult and one female child.

This incident comes barely four days after five people were killed and three injured in a fatal crash that occurred at Gubi village, along the Bauchi-Kano highway.