It was a black Democracy Day celebration in Bayelsa State yesterday as no fewer than 18 students died in a head-on collision between two 18-seater commercial buses.
The incident occurred at about 8:03pm on Amassoma Road in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.
The deceased’s bodies have been deposited at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital in Okolobiri.
Over 11 injured occupants of the buses are currently receiving medical treatments at a private hospital in Yenagoa, the state capital.
