The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed two persons dead and 10 injured in an automobile crash that occurred along Ringim-Kano Road in Ringim LGA.

Umar Mas’ud, the FRSC sector commander, said in Dutse on Friday that the incident which involved two Volkswagen cars (Golf) was caused by speeding and wrongful overtaking.

Mr Mas’ud said 13 persons were involved in the crash which occurred at about 10:40 a.m. on Thursday.

The sector commander added that all the 13 persons involved are from Bareda village in Ikara LGA of Kaduna.

The sector commander further stated that the corps recovered N2.1 million belonging to one of the deceased victims and one survivor.

Mr Mas’udu said the money had since been handed over to the victims’ relatives in the presence of the area’s divisional police officer, Abdullahi Ibrahim.

He commended the corps’ unit command in charge of the area for their transparency and diligence in recovering and returning the money.

“It is my pleasure to inform the general public that our personnel were involved in a rescue operation in the Ringim area on Thursday, and during the exercise, the sum of N2,166,700 was recovered.

“After thorough investigation with the support of the police in the area, all the money recovered was handed over to relatives of the victims,” he said.

The sector commander further reassured of the corps’s commitment to integrity and its mandate to serve the public with compassion and transparency.

Mr Mas’udu advised motorists to desist from speeding, wrongful overtaking and other acts capable of causing road crashes under whatever circumstances. 

(NAN)