Nigeria: Over 20 athletes killed in bus crash after festival –
A group of athletes was returning home from Nigeria’s National Sports Festival when their bus veered off a bridge.Cars and TransportationNigeria
A group of athletes was returning home from Nigeria’s National Sports Festival when their bus veered off a bridge.
Traffic accidents are a common occurrence in Nigeria (FILE: December 2, 2021)Image: Afolabi Sotunde/REUTERS
At least 21 athletes were killed on Saturday after the bus they were traveling on drove off a bridge in the northern Nigerian state of Kano, the state governor said.
The athletes were returning home from the National Sports Festival that they had been participating in for the previous week in Ogun state, in the country’s southwest.
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf said that the driver of the bus appeared to lose control while crossing over the Chiromawa Bridge on the Kano-Zaria expressway.
Several other passengers were injured in the crash.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said the accident may have been the result of “fatigue and excessive speed” following a long overnight journey.
Footage after the accident showed a mangled bus underneath a bridge.
