Nine Footballers, Coaches Roasted In Road Crash

  the athletes somersaulted several times and eventually caught fire and before the good Samaritans within the vicinity could get to the scene of the accident to rescue the occupants 11 of them had already been consumed by the fire.
However, further investigations by our reporter revealed that six of the athletes who sustained fatal injuries were  initially rushed to the nearby hospital, where they were later referred to the Jos University Teaching Hospital for  further treatment.
Mr. Joel Gwatau, the State Commissioner for Youths and Sport, confirmed the  incident to National Mirror on phone. He said the  team from Jos North Local Government Area of the State had finished from a league which they lost to another team and were on  their way back to Jos when the sad incident occurred.
He said those who lost their lives in the incident were burnt beyond recognition and those in the hospital are responding to  treatment adding that the casualty was high because there was no one to rescue them on time.
Mr. Gwatau stressed that, the government was in the process of reaching out to the parents of the deceased and those who  sustained injuries in the accident with the aim of arranging a meeting between them and the government.
Meanwhile, at the time National Mirror visited the state Ministry of Youths and Sport and Rwang Pam Stadium Jos most of the  workers and other athletes were seen in a pensive mood lamenting over the  incident. One of those interviewed said it was sad as the incident occurred  "when the state is yet to recover  from the recent mayhem another tragedy has struck out claiming several lives. Whether as a state or as individual we need to  pray for the state".