ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi –
The Federal Road Safety Corp, Bauchi State Sector Command, has confirmed that six people were killed while 19 others sustained various degrees of injuries in a fatal crash that occurred on Monday at about 6.20pm.
The Sector Commander, FRSC, Yusuf Abdullahi, who confirmed this to our Correspondent said that the crash involved two commercial vehicles.
He said that the crash which occurred at Durum village along Bauchi-Kano road involved 25 people.
“The crash occured on Monday at Durum village, along Bauchi-Kano federal highway at about 6.42pm, involving two commercial vehicles, all Ford Galaxy buses.
“One of them was driven by one Ibrahim Abduljalal and had the registration number: JJN 712 YX. The name of the driver of the second vehicle and the registration number could not yet be ascertained.
“The crash was caused by worn out tyres from one of the vehicles and it affected 25 people comprising 23 male adults, one female adult and one female child.
“Our men immediately rushed to the scene of the crash and took the victims to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi for treatment and confirmation. When they got there, a medical doctor confirmed six male adults dead.
“Those who sustained injuries are 19 in number, 17 male adults, one female adult and one female child,” the FRSC Boss stated.
Abdullahi said that the corpses were deposited at the ATBUTH mortuary adding that the obstructions on the road were cleared while the vehicles were handed over to the Motor Transport Department of the GRA Police Station.
He called on drivers to “avoid recklessness while driving and they should obey road traffic rules and regulations.
“They should avoid over-speeding and ensure that their vehicles are road worthy. They should avoid using worn out tyres and other practices that endanger their lives, other road users and their properties.”
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