2 Dead And 22 injured In Bauchi Accident

By Shola Yemi, Bauchi

A ghastly motor accident which occurred in Dagauda Town, Dambam LGA of Bauchi State has claimed 2 lives, injured 22 others while 18 Camels were also killed.

Gatekeepers News reports that the accident occurred on Friday, March 11, 2022, at about 1150HRS while the report time was 1222HRs and arrival time by personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) was 1233HRS putting the response time at 11mins along the Potiskum-Dambam route.

The location of the accident was 21km away from Dambam, at the first junction to Dagauda Town. The accident involved one commercial Toyota Hiace bus with registration number, GRR 39 XA belonging to the YOBE Line fleet.

The cause of the accident, according to the FRSC report, was over-speeding and obstruction of road.

The 22 people who sustained various injuries include; 6 male adults, 11 female adults, 3 female children and 2 male children,  while the 2 killed were males out of the 24 involved.

The Corpses were taken to the General Hospital, Dambam for Treatment and Confirmation of death while no item was recovered from the scene of the accident as reported by NPF, MTD Dambam as well as ARC JS Muhammad, FRSC STO in DAMBAM LGA.

A lecturer with the College for Legal and Islamic studies Misau, Sulaiman Umar who reported the accident, said that it occurred on Friday 11th March 2022 in Dagauda town.

According to him, “On that fateful morning of Friday 11th March 2022, we woke up to witness an accident involving a hummer bus and a flock of Camels while crossing the road abruptly around 10.00 am”.

He also said that the vehicle rammed into the flock of the Camels which resulted in the death of two people and 18 of the Camels, and stressed that the weather which was dusty as a result of harmattan, contributed to the accident because visibility was very poor.

Sulaiman Umar further said that this was not the first incident, noting that two years ago, something similar happened at the same place between a Sharon and a flock of Donkeys during which lives of some donkeys were lost.