Ten out of 12 youths from Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State have died on their way to Nigerian Navy examination holding at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) base in Kano.
Gagarawa is about 110km from Dutse, the Jigawa State capital.
The accident reportedly occurred this morning along the Ringim-Kano road.
Idris Digijin Jr said three of the deceased were his juniors at the Technical College Hadejia. He gave the names of two as Rabiu Muhammad Ado and Akibu Ibrahim Gagarawa.