Update: Nine Adamawa delegates to PDP convention die in car crash

At least nine members of the Peoples
Democratic Party, returning from the
party’s special convention in Abuja, have
died in a car accident along Abuja-Jos
highway.
Immediate reports from Kafanchan in
Kaduna state said about nine youth were
confirmed dead after the bus they were
travelling in was involved in a fatal car
crash.
The Federal Road Safety Corp later
confirmed the crash.
The FRSC said the accident about 38 km
from kafanchan on the Kafanchan -Forest
route, at past 8am on Sunday and that it
involved two vehicles, a Volkswagen
Salon with reg no RAN 107 SA and a
Toyota Hiace bus registered XA 399 SHR.
The corp said that crash left nine persons
dead and another nine injured. Victims
were taken to Genearal Hopital,
Kafanchan
The bus was ferrying the contingent of the
Adamawa state’s PDP youth leader.
We also gathered that many others are
injured, three of whom have been
evacuated to the Federal Orthopedic
Hospital Kano because of the degree of
their fractures.
Earlier post
PDP Special Convention: Nine Adamawa
delegates die in auto crash
At least nine members of the Peoples
Democratic Party, returning from the
party’s special convention in Abuja, have
died in a car accident along Abuja-Jos
highway.
Immediate reports from Kafanchan in
Kaduna state say about nine youth were
confirmed dead after the bus they were
travelling in was involved in a fatal car
crash.
Although details are still sketchy,
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the accident
occurred early morning on Sunday. The
Bus was ferrying the contingent of the
state’s PDP youth leader.
We also gathered that many others are
injured, three of whom have been
evacuated to the Federal Orthopedic
Hospital Kano because of the degree of
their fractures.
The bodies of the dead and other injured
persons were taken to Kafanchan Hospital
by rescue officials.
More details coming…