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Seven journalists have been confirmed killed in a lone crash that occurred in the Gombe South area of Gombe State on Monday.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the accident occurred on Monday evening as the journalists were returning from a wedding ceremony in Gombe South Senatorial District.
The journalists were said to have boarded the bus to show solidarity with a colleague, an employee of the Nigerian Television Authority, who was getting married.
Confirming the incident in a telephone interview with our correspondent, the Gombe State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Samson Kaura, said preliminary information indicated that the crash was fatal. Punch
