No fewer than 21 people have reportedly died, while three others sustained injuries in an accident along Abuja-Kaduna expressway.

The accident occurred on the ever busy Kaduna-Abuja road involving a trailer truck and a passenger Hummer bus heading for Kano State and Batsari town in Katsina State. The accident was said to have taken place close to a route diversion that forced all motorists from the two opposite directions to drive on a single lane.

The driver of the articulated vehicle was also said to have fled the scene, leaving behind his vehicle along with another container truck. The three injured passengers were rushed to hospital, while the remains of the victims had been deposited at a nearby morgue.