7-month-old baby among casualties in Jigawa car crash: Police
The Police in Jigawa have confirmed the death of a seven-month-old baby boy and a 64-year-old man in a lone car crash along Hadejia-Gumel road at about 9.30 am on Thursday.
“Today, being February 18, at about 9:30 am, there was a lone fatal motor vehicle accident along Hadejia-Gumel road, in Gumel LGA. The accident involved an ash colour Volkswagen bus (Sharon) with registration number JMT 153 YR, driven by one Auwalu Abdullahi, aged 35 of Ungogo LGA, Kano state.
“The accident occurred after the driver reached a point opposite JASCO office in Gumel, and the vehicle veered off the road, somersaulted before falling into a nearby ditch.
“And as a result, Usman Muhammad, aged 64, of Nguru LGA in Yobe state and an infant, one Muhammad Hamaza, a seven-month-old baby were lifeless,” said the spokesman for the police command in the state, ASP Zubairu Aminuddeen.
He explained that the police in the area rushed the victims to the Gumel General Hospital, where they were confirmed dead.
According to him, six other occupants of the vehicle, who sustained various injuries, are currently receiving treatment at the hospital.
(NAN)
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