6 burnt alive, including NYSC members and soldiers, as military truck, bus collide in Adamawa

At least six people, including four National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members travelling in a commercial Hummer bus and one Nigerian Army officer, were burnt alive in a horrific road crash in Adamawa State.

The incident occurred on Wednesday on the Yola–Song highway in Adamawa State.

The victims were trapped in a raging inferno after a military gun truck conveying soldiers reportedly collided head-on with the commercial Hummer bus, traveling from Kano to Mubi, near Barikin-Sajo, along a dangerous bend on the highway.

According to eyewitnesses, who spoke to Sahara Reporters, the military truck was allegedly attempting to overtake another vehicle at high speed when it veered into the path of the oncoming bus.

The violent impact sparked a massive fire that engulfed the commercial bus within moments, leaving several occupants with no chance of escape.

Eyewitnesses claimed that 10 people were killed in the attack, while authorities put the death toll at six.

According to witnesses, the five occupants of the Hummer bus were burnt beyond recognition at the scene. At the same time, three soldiers, including the driver of the military truck, were also consumed by the flames.

Two other victims reportedly died from injuries sustained in the collision, bringing the death toll to 10.

“A military truck, while overtaking at the bend just before Barikin-Sajo, rammed into a Hummer bus coming from the opposite direction, possibly heading to Mubi,” an eyewitness said.