Road Crash Claims Nine Lives, Injures 13 In Bauchi –FRSC
Road crash that occurred on Tuesday, in Kwana Shettu Village, along Potiskum-Azare Road in Bauchi State, claimed the lives of Nine persons while thirteen others were injured.
Bauchi State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Yusuf Abdullahi, disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen in Bauchi, added that the accident happened around 9:07 p.m.
The Sector Commander said the accident involved one commercial DAF trailer with number plate KTG08XC and a Toyota Hiace bus.
He said it took FRSC personnel barely 10 minutes to arrive at the scene of the crash to clear the site.
The sector commander, who gave the name of the driver of the trailer simply as Alhaji Sani Ali, also attributed the cause of the crash to speed violation.
“22 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.
“13 others sustained various degrees of injuries and they were 12 male adults and one female adult,’’ he said.
The FRSC boss also said both the injured persons and the remains of the deceased were taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Azare, for treatment and confirmation.
He advised motorists to always be conscious of traffic rules and regulations while plying the roads.
