A bus carrying students of Madonna University in Rivers state was involved in a terrible accident and caught fire on Saturday.

At least 8 students of the university were burnt to death in the horrific accident which happened at the TTC/Special Science School intersection along the Trans-Saharan Highway in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.

The bus is believed to have been traveling from Port Harcourt to Taraba State when it crashed on Saturday, February 18.

According to reports, the students were returning to their respective homes ahead of the upcoming general elections on Saturday, February 25th.

One of the victims was identified as Grace Usman Ezra after her relative took to Facebook to mourn her unfortunate death.

A hospital worker took to the microblogging platform, Twitter, to reveal that some of the victims who managed to escape suffered multiple fractures, while others suffered burns of varying degrees.

She tweeted,

“Working in the hospital can be very depressing at times. A bus carrying Madonna students traveling for the elections collided with a Sienna and the bus burnt. Now, these poor kids are in the A&E all in pain.

Those that managed to jump out all have multiple fractures. In and out of surgeries since last night. The burns units, OR, and A&E staff haven’t rested since last night. So far, we haven’t lost any. Keep praying for them.”

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