TRAGEDY: Tanker Collides into Wedding Convoy, Kills 8 Relatives of Bride

Nine persons have lost their lives on Saturday night when a petroleum tanker and a Peugeot 406 car- which was part of a wedding convoy- collided at Hausari village, on Tambuwal road in Dogon-Daji town in Sokoto State.

Two other persons are also receiving treatment at the Uthmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto.

A resident in Dogon-Daji said that eight of the deceased persons were all relatives of the bride, while a co-driver of the petrol tanker was among those who died.

"I attended the burial of the eight deceased persons, comprising a man, four women and three children aged between eighteen months and three years.

"The burial was conducted around 10 a.m. Sunday and they were thereafter buried at the Dogon-daji cemetery," he said.

According to him, the remains of the co- driver has been taken away by his relatives.

A younger sister of the bride, Miss Iklima Tafida said that their family and the entire town had been thrown into a state of mourning following the incident.

Source: Nigerian Bulletin