At least 21 people have died in the northern Nigerian state of Jigawa after their vehicle plunged into a collapsed bridge during heavy rains and floods.
According to the police spokesperson in the state, Shisu Lawan Adam, on BBC online site, said the victims included nine military job seekers who were returning home.
It happened in the early hours of Sunday as they travelled in a commercial vehicle from the north-western state of Kano to the north-eastern Adamawa state.
According to eye witnesses floods caused by heavy rains swept away the bridge but the travellers seemed to have been unaware.
Shortly after their vehicle plunged into the flooded bridge, another vehicle with two occupants then rammed into it.
Fortunately one person survived the accident with a broken thigh.
Many parts of Nigeria have been experiencing massive flooding in recent weeks leading to destruction of homes, farmlands, bridges and a number of people dead
