The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Kaduna on Wednesday confirmed that 14 people were killed in an auto crash on the Kaduna-Abuja highway in the early hours of Wednesday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
The Public Enlightenment Officer of the FRSC in Kaduna, Mr Olusogo Ogungbe, told NAN that the incident occurred at kilometer 32 in Kakau on the highway.
He said the incident involved a Hiace vehicle with registration number Zamfra XA 545 TMA.
Ogunbge said the vehicle was carrying 18 persons out of whom 14, including nine males and five females were killed.
He said that four others, including three males and one female sustained injuries and were currently receiving treatment at St. Gerald's Hospital in Kaduna.
Ogungbe attributed the accident to over-speeding, which he said, made the driver to lose control.
He said the vehicle went into the bush before it burst into flames.
An eye-witness, Salisu Ibrahim, said he saw six corpses that burnt beyond recognition while two others were lying lifeless at the scene of the incident.
He said the vehicle was still on fire with other helpless victims in the vehicle before the FRSC rescue team came to the scene.