No fewer than 11 persons were confirmed dead in an auto accident that occurred in a village, Hawan Jaki, at the ever-busy Alkaleri -Gombe highway.
The crash, which occurred on Saturday evening, involved a Toyota Hiace commercial bus with registration number BA114-A28 belonging to the fleet of Yankari Express and a DAF truck with registration number JMU169XA belonging to the Dangote Group.
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Confirming the crash, the State Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC), Yusuf Abdullahi, in a statement on Sunday said nine persons were also injured.
He said that the DAF truck was driven by one Muhammed Musa with a national driver’s license with the h number SUL08629AA76.
According to the statement, the probable cause of the fatal accident was dangerous driving while the number of people involved was 20 male adults out of which 9 male adults were killed on the spot.
Two others were said to have later died at the hospital while 10 male adults were seriously injured.
“Action taken by personnel of the FRSC was that the victims were taken to the General Hospital in Alkaleri for confirmation of death and treatment of the injured,” the statement partly reads.