A commercial driver conveying some national dailies from Abuja to Kaduna and four other passengers died in an auto crash in the early hours of Thursday.
According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred along the Abuja-Kaduna highway, Kakau area, a few kilometres from Kaduna city.
Daily Sun reports that their remains have been deposited at Saint Gerard Catholic Hospital, Kakuri, Kaduna.
Also, several copies of newspapers from different organisations were heavily blood-stained when they were dropped at the distribution centre in the heart of Kaduna City.
The driver, popularly known as Chaji was to drop the newspapers in Kaduna before proceeding to Kano with the passengers.
The cause of the ghastly accident was yet to be ascertained.