N10 million worth of watermelon destroyed in Jigawa lone accident
About 10,000 pieces of watermelon were lost when a truck overturned at the Malamadori axis of Nguru – Hadejia Road in Jigawa State.
The fruit with an estimated N10 million market value were being conveyed from Nguru in Yobe State to the southern part of Nigeria.
The Information Officer in charge of Malammadori Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Musa Muhammed, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday in Dutse.
He said the lone crash involved a truck with registration number FGE 592 XB.
“A trailer loaded with watermelon overturned along Hadejia – Nguru Road on Wednesday. The vehicle is from Yobe enroute southern part of the country. The incident happened around 9:00 a.m between Kachakama and Jibori villages,” he said, adding that a preliminary report attributed the accident to speeding.
He said the driver of the truck, Ahmed Ibrahim, and his assistant sustained varying degrees of injury and referred to the General Hospital, Hadejia, for treatment.
Mr Musa said that personnel of the Road Safety Corps conducted a rescue operation and cleared the road to ease vehicular movement.
Contacted, the state FRSC’s spokesman, Yahaya Ibrahim, confirmed the incident.
(NAN)
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