The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Gombe State Sector Command, has confirmed the death of six persons in a road accident on Friday morning at Jekadefari in the Gombe metropolis.

The state sector commander of FRSC, Felix Theman, confirmed the accident in an interview with journalists in Gombe on Friday.

Mr Theman said the lone accident involved a trailer conveying 27 cows and also caused injuries to 16 other persons.

He said the trailer driver lost control of the vehicle and plunged into a ditch.

“The crash that happened this morning was a lone crash involving a trailer carrying 27 cows; the crash occurred on Abacha Road, Jekadefari,” he said.

The sector commander said the dead bodies had been taken to a mortuary in Gombe while the injured were taken to a hospital for medical attention.

Mr Theman said the trailer driver used a road not meant for trailers, as the state government had banned heavy-duty vehicles from plying the road.

He urged drivers of articulated vehicles to be careful always.

The FRSC official also advised the state residents to prevent their children from playing on tarred roads to reduce accidents.

Mr Theman said an investigation was ongoing to find out if the person driving the trailer was the actual driver of the vehicle. 

(NAN)