Sixteen Corps Members have tragically lost their lives in a road accident while travelling to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Gombe State.
The victims were reportedly all graduates of Adeyemi Federal University of Education (AFUED) in Ondo State.
First Daily correspondent on Thursday, learnt that they were travelling in an 18‑seater bus when the crash occurred.
Eyewitnesses said the accident was catastrophic, leaving two survivors fatally wounded.
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Emergency responders recovered the bodies and evacuated two injured victims to a local medical facility.
As of the time of filing this report, the NYSC management had yet to release an official statement regarding the incident.
Meanwhile, authorities, led by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), have commenced investigations to determine the cause of the fatal crash.