Bauchi: Five dead in tricycle-bus head-on collision
Five persons were feared dead in Thursday’s auto crash in Bauchi.
Three other persons sustained serious injuries in the head-on collision between a tricycle and a bus.
Sector Commander of the FRSC in Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, said on Friday that the accident occurred at Gubi village on the Bauchi-Kano Road.
Mr Abdullahi attributed the cause of the crash to speed violations and overloading.
“Eighteen persons, all male, were involved in the crash, but 10 of them escaped unhurt,’’ he said.
He said the dead and the injured were taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.
Mr Abdullahi advised motorists to always be conscious of road traffic rules and regulations as well as weather conditions at all times.
It was the second auto crash in Bauchi State that took lives in 24 hours.
On Wednesday, five persons were also killed while nine others were seriously injured in a road crash at Nabordo community on the Toro-Bauchi Highway.
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