19 women, children die as bus conveying wedding guests plunges into river
Not fewer than 19 women and children among the passengers, lost their lives on Saturday evening, while attending a wedding ceremony, as a bus conveying wedding ceremony attendees in Northern Nigeria.
The According to a Union official and residents, the incident which was attributed to the MNglaring negligence of the driver occurred when the later pulled up his vehicle behind a partially collapsed bridge.
on Saturday evening but it rolled back into the river, Abubakar Muhammed, an official with the NURTW transport operators union, told AFP.
According to a Union official with National Union of Road Transport Workers and residents the bus was in a wedding convoy escorting a bride to her new husband’s house and crashed near the village of Fass in Zamfara State.
The official further alleged that the driver may have forgotten to make use the hand brake.
The bus had been heading for Jega in neighbouring Kebbi state. Residents of Fass confirmed the toll of women and children killed.
Traffic accidents are frequent on Nigeria’s badly maintained roads. Some 9,570 accidents recorded last year caused 5,421 deaths, according to the Federal Road Safety statistics.
