Gombe State Police command has confirmed five people dead and over twenty injured in a lone crash involving a heavy-duty truck on Billiri-Gombe road.
The command revealed that the vehicle veered off the road and tragically ran into Easter celebration procession.
In the aftermath of the incident, some aggrieved youths in the area set the vehicle ablaze.
The driver has been apprehended by the police personnel.
Similar incident happened last December when a Sharon bus driver did same during a Christmas procession.