At least eight students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) were killed in the early hours of Thursday, December 11, 2025, when a trailer lost control and collided with a bus conveying them along Zaria Road in the Jos metropolis, Plateau State.
Eyewitnesses said the students died instantly alongside the bus driver. Two other students who survived the crash were rushed to a nearby hospital for urgent medical attention.
The victims were returning from a night outing around 2 a.m. in two hired buses when tragedy occurred. Near the Zaria Road Stadium area, a speeding trailer, suspected to have suffered brake failure, veered off course and rammed into one of the buses.
The force of the impact caused the driver to lose control, sending the bus crashing into an electric pole just before the Farin Gada bridge.
Authorities were yet to issue an official statement at the time of filing this report, while rescue operations and investigations into the incident continued.
