The Federal Roads Safety Corps, Jigawa sector command, on Sunday disclosed that 18 people were killed in an accident involving a tipper and a J5 bus in Jigawa on Saturday.

Sector commander Angus Ibezim said in a press briefing that the ghastly motor accident occurred on Gumel-Gugunju road in Gumel Local Government area of the state.

Ibezim explained that the driver of the J5 bus drove into a tipper with registration number XY 744 GRK abandoned along the road.

He said the driver and 14 of the passengers in the bus died on the spot while three others died in the hospital.

”We are trying to find out the main cause of the accident. The first thing we suspect is that the driver of the tipper did not place any caution sign to indicate that the vehicle was faulty.

”Secondly, we also suspect that the driver of the J5 bus was on speed,” the commander said.

He, however, added that investigation on the main cause of the accident has commenced and the driver of the abandoned tipper would be traced and ”will surely be prosecuted”.