Abuja, Nigeria – (AP) – a bus was from a bridge to the northern state of northern Kano in Nigeria, killing a minimum of 22 athletes who had been returning house from a sports activities competition and leaving a number of different injured passengers, stated the state governor.
The reason for the accident, which occurred on Saturday, was not identified instantly. The athletes took half within the Nationwide Sports activities Pageant in Nigeria within the southern state within the final week.
The motive force appeared to lose management of the bus and the car, with over 30 passengers, plunged from the Chiromawa Bridge on the Kano-Zaria freeway, based on ABBA Kabir Yusuf, Governor Kano.
The survivors of the accident had been taken to an area hospital for therapy.
Yusuf stated the athletes, who had been accompanied by their sports activities coaches and officers, represented Kano on the Sports activities Pageant, an essential multi-sport occasion that brings collectively athletes from the 35 states of the nation each two years.
The governor declared Monday a day of mourning for the state. The households of the victims should obtain 1 million nair (about $ 630) and the availability of meals as assist, stated Kano’s deputy, Aminu Gwarzo.
Street accidents are frequent in probably the most populated nation in Africa, partly resulting from weak highway situations and the Laxa software of visitors legal guidelines.
In March, a minimum of six folks died close to the capital of Abuja in Nigeria, after a trailer crashed into parked automobiles and burst into flames.
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