Nine killed in Bauchi road crash
Tragedy struck on Monday when nine persons lost their lives in a road crash that happened in Kwana Shettu village, along Potiskum-Azare road in Bauchi state.
Yusuf Abdullahi, FRSC sector commander, said on Tuesday. According to him, 13 people were injured in the crash.
Mr Abdullahi said the crash occurred around 9:07 p.m. and involved a commercial DAF trailer with number plate KTG08XC and a Toyota Hiace bus.
“Twenty-two people were involved in the fatal road crash, which included 21 male adults and one female adult. Nine people who were all male adults lost their lives on the spot,” he stated. “Thirteen others sustained various degrees of injuries, and they were 12 male adults and one female adult.”
He mentioned that it took FRSC personnel 10 minutes to arrive at the scene of the crash to clear the site.
The sector commander attributed the cause of the crash to speed violation.
Mr Abdullahi further disclosed that the injured and deceased had been taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Azare.
(NAN)
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