On Wednesday, at least eight people died in an auto crash at Shadarki village along the Bauchi-Darazo road in Darazo local council of Bauchi.

FRSC sector commander Yusuf Abdullahi, who confirmed this in a road traffic crash report released in Bauchi on Thursday, said six other persons sustained various injuries.

The crash involved a white Toyota Hilux pick-up vehicle with number plate BPP 041 and a white commercial Volkswagen Golf 3 car with registration number DX 65 EKY, which occurred around 1:32 p.m.

He added that it took FRSC’s personnel barely 10 minutes to arrive at the crash scene to clear the site.

Mr Abdullahi, who attributed the cause of the crash to wrongful overtaking, said that items recovered from the crash scene included four mobile phones and other personal effects.

“Fourteen persons were involved in the fatal road crash, and there were five male adults, six female adults, two male children, and one female child. Eight of them lost their lives on the spot, and there were two male adults, three female adults, two male children and one female child,” said the FRSC commander.

The wounded and deceased were taken to the General Hospital, Darazo.

(NAN)