Eight Students Travelling Home For Election Die in Auto Crash
Eight students of Madonna University in Rivers State have been burnt to death in a road mishap, reports say.
The incident took place along the Trans-Saharan road in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on Saturday while the students were travelling to Taraba State.
According to TheCable, the undergraduates were travelling home after the school went on a break to permit students to vote in the forthcoming elections.
Their bus allegedly caught fire and got burnt beyond recognition, leaving eight dead and 10 other passengers seriously injured.
The injured passengers were taken to the Alex Ekwueme Teaching Hospital in Abakaliki, the State capital, for treatment.
An official of the institution, Benedicta Egoyibom, confirmed the incident.
She, however, failed to give details ...