No fewer than eight students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Plateau State, were killed in a devastating road accident early Thursday morning, December 11, 2025.
The tragedy occurred when a trailer lost control and collided with a bus carrying the students home from a night outing along Zaria Road in the Jos metropolis.
Eyewitnesses reported that the bus driver also died in the crash, while two students survived and were rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention.
The students were reportedly returning from the outing around 2 a.m. in two hired buses when, in the Zaria Road Stadium area, a trailer travelling at high speed allegedly suffered brake failure and struck one of the buses.
The force of the impact caused the bus driver to lose control, sending the vehicle crashing into an electric pole just before the Farin Gada bridge.
A survivor recounted: “The collision tore the bus apart, killing eight occupants instantly before emergency responders later arrived to evacuate the bodies and rushed the two to a nearby hospital.
“We were sitting at the back, so the force didn’t hit us as badly.
Immediately, the trailer struck us, and the bus started shaking. Before anyone could react, we hit the electric pole. The whole bus just broke apart.
“We were heading home after a night out in two buses around 2am when the tragic incident happened. It was so sudden. We didn’t even see the trailer. After the hit, everyone was shouting, then the crash happened.”
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Although the Plateau State Police spokesperson, DSP Alabo Alfred, was not immediately available for comment, a senior police officer told DAILY POST that a manhunt had been launched for the trailer driver, who fled the scene following the accident.
