BREAKING: 20 passengers burnt beyond recognition in Bauchi fatal crash

It was a tragic incident when 20 passengers were burnt beyond recognition in a fatal crash that occurred at Tirwun Suburb of Bauchi about three kilometers to the state capital.
Two females were the only passengers who survived the crash but with varying degrees of injuries.
The Bauchi State Police Command’s  Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the crash in a telephone interview with our Correspondent.
He said that the accident which involved two vehicles, a Borno express mass transit and a Golf car, was as a result of a head-on collision adding that it happened at about 3.00pm on Sunday.
Wakil said: “Yes, the accident is true and it happened at Tirwun area of the state. It involved 22 passengers who were in two different vehicles, a Hummer Bus 18-seater of Borno Express Mass Transit and a Golf Car. The Hummer had 18 passengers while the the golf had four.
“The Borno Express Bus was heading to Maiduguri from Jos while the golf car was coming from Misau and was heading to Bauchi.
“Immediately we were called, our men from the MotorPol Department rushed to the scene for rescue operation and conveyed all the victims to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.
“Among the 22 passengers, 20 of them were burnt beyond recognition while two females survived the accident. 
“The corpses were all deposited at the mortuary while the two injured were at the same hospital (ATBUTH) receiving medical treatment.”
Efforts by our Correspondent to get the reaction of the Federal Road Safety Corps was abortive.
The Sector Commander, Bauchi State, Corp Commander Yusuf Abdullahi, did not pick several calls out through to his mobile phone and was yet to return them as if the time of filing this report.