Shola Yemi, Bauchi
No fewer than 15 persons have been confirmed dead in two separate ghastly motor accidents that happened on Thursday in Bauchi state.
Gatekeepers News reports that the State Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the accidents, stating that one occurred at about 12.30 pm and was reported at about 12.35 pm at Haka Yafi village along Bauchi – Jos. The first accident involved two vehicles coming from opposite directions.
The second accident, according to officials, occurred about 11 hours after at Kafin Liman on the Bauchi – Kano at about 11.30 pm involving three vehicles.
The Sector Commander, Bauchi Sector Command of the FRSC, Yusuf Abdullahi, said the two vehicles involved in the first accident are commercial vehicles, a Sharon mini bus with registration number YLA 88 ZY while the Toyota has registration number KUJ 182 TU.
The 3 vehicles involved in the second accident were a DAF trailer with registration number, 1KMC95YU; Ford Sharon mini bus with registration number NNG21MG and Opel Vectral with registration number BAU490AA, while the cause of the accident was obstructions on the highway.
The FRSC added that the possible cause of the first accident was speed violation by the two drivers; MUSTAPHA ADAMU who drove the Sharon while name of the other driver who drove the Toyota Hiace could not be ascertained immediately during the rescue operation by personnel of the FRSC.
Nine people, all males, were involved in the first accident with two of them injured and evacuated to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) for treatment, while corpses of the seven dead people were deposited at the mortuary of the same hospital.
The report added that 12 people comprising 9 males and 3 females were involved in the second accident out of which number 8 were killed comprising 5 males and 3 females.
The bodies were taken to the General Hospital in Kafin Madaki for confirmation and thereafter, deposit at the mortuary, while those injured are being treated at the hospital.
Items recovered from the scene of the first accident included 6 various models of mobile PHONES and the sum of N109,090 while all the obstructions have been cleared for smooth traffic.
