Seventy-seven casualties as trailer crashes in Kano
At least seven people were killed, and 70 were injured in a road crash on Sunday.
The Federal Road Safety Corps said the crash occurred on Sunday.
In the lone accident, 28 were unhurt.
The sector commander, Idris Muhammed-Lawal, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. According to him, the accident occurred at about 8:35 a.m. on Sunday along Hadejia Road, Kwanar Danja.
“We received a distress call at 8:35 a.m. and immediately sent our rescue team to the scene at about 08: 40a.m within five minutes. The accident involved one commercial vehicle, a DAF trailer, with registration number KTG 467 YG, loaded with passengers and goods.
“The accident involved a total of 105 persons. Seven persons lost their lives, while 70 persons (55 males and 15 females) sustained various degrees of injuries,” he said.
Mr Muhammed-Lawal said the cause of the crash was speeding and loss of control, compounded by the dangerous practice of mixing goods with passengers.
“The injured victims were promptly evacuated to four hospitals as follows: Sir Sunusi Specialist Hospital, Kano: 24 victims (17 males and 7 females), Gezawa. The rest were: General Hospital: 24 victims (16 males, 8 females), Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital: 20 victims (20 males), Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital, Nasarawa: 7 victims (5 males, 2 females),” said the FRSC statement.
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