No fewer than five police cadets at the Nigeria Police Academy, Kano, and a civilian were killed on Sunday in an auto crash at Maraban-Gwanda, along Kano-Zaria Expressway.
Three others were also said to have been injured, while one of the two vehicles involved in the crash, which happened around 8.30am, was burnt.
It was learnt that the cadets were on holidays and travelling to their respective destinations when a Golf car ran into a bus conveying them.
It was gathered that officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps and some policemen rescued the survivors and took them to St Lukes Hospital, Wusasa, Zaria.
A colleague of the deceased, Suhail Saulawa, shared the tragic news on his Twitter handle, @cadet_suhail.
One of the deceased, according to his name tag, was identified as A.M. Bello, while Saulawa gave the names of three others simply as Ayisha, Dabiri and Yamad.
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