Four Members of a Family Burnt to Death During Auto Crash in Niger

Tragedy struck late in the night of Sunday August 18, 2013 as eight people were burnt to death in an auto crash along Bida-Minna road. The accident involved a trailer and a Toyota Hiace bus belonging to Niger State Transport Company (NSTA). The tragedy struck along Kakanpegi village, near Bida town, when a
bus belonging to the NSTA, coming from Lagos, ran into a stationary trailer while trying to avoid a bad portion of the road. It was disclosed that while trying to avoid a bad portion of the Bida – Minna road, the bus ran into a trailer, crashed into a nearby bush before the vehicles went in flames burning all but one
passenger burnt to death.  eyewitnesses were said to have seen people burning before their eyes. Four of the accident victims are members of the family of the pastor of a church in Minna. They were his wife, Mrs. Hellen Samuel, her three children, Saviour, Insight and Purity. The bodies of the victims were deposited at the General Hospital Minna.