Police confirm three killed in Jigawa automobile crash
The police command in Jigawa has confirmed three persons dead in a ghastly auto crash in Gwaram LGA.
The spokesman for the command, Lawan Shiisu, who confirmed the accident on Tuesday, said that 14 other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident.
He said the accident occurred on Tuesday when a bus with registration number KTG 196 XC, conveying 17 passengers, hit an empty truck.
“On reaching Kwanar Mangwarori along old Gwaram road, the driver hit an empty Dangote trailer with registration number BNK 447 XA, driven by one Musbahu Yakubu, now at large.
“The said Yakubu was reportedly driving from old Gwaram to Kano state,” he said, adding that three out of the 17 passengers died while 14 others were injured in the accident.
He said that a team of police operatives on a rescue operation evacuated the victims to Gwaram Cottage Hospital.
Mr Shiidu identified the deceased as Idris Nuhu, 30; Khadija Kabiru, 6, and Shamsuddeen Ibrahim, 29.
The spokesman said that the corpses had been released to their families for burial, while five of the passengers were treated and discharged.
He said the command had begun investigating the accident and launched a manhunt to apprehend the fleeing driver.
(NAN)
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