Five persons died in an auto crash when a 10-seat Sharon bus skidded
off the road at Tudun-Gara village near Kaura Namoda in Zamfara on
Saturday. Alhaji Muktar Fago, Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC’s Unit
Commander in the zone, said the carnage occurred at 6.30 am, about 10
kilometers into Kaura-Namoda/Sokoto road.
Fago said “the accident was caused by burst tyre and over speeding
which made the driver to lose control and skidded off the road into the
bush”. He said three persons died on the spot while two others died when
FRSC officials were conveying them to the hospital. “The corpses were
deposited at the Kaura Namoda General Hospital”. Fago added that five passengers who sustained various degrees of injuries were taken to Gusau General Hospital for treatment. Fago said all those involved in the accident were Islamic scholars
travelling to Niamey in Niger Republic for the Annual International
Preaching in that country. Fago advised drivers and other road users to drive very carefully
“especially this season when we record mass movements and increased
religious activities”.
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