About eight people, according to Yusuf Abdullahi, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi, have been confirmed dead in a road accident that occurred in Bauchi on Saturday.
Abdullahi said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Sunday.
He explained that the accident which involved an Opel Vectra car with plate number AA 954 GYD and one Tipper Mercedes Benz with number plate NIN 279 SA, happened in Goltukurwa village along Dass-Bauchi road at 9:30 pm.
Personnel of the Corps arrived at the scene in seven minutes to clear the site. The accident was due to to overloading, speed violation and head-on-collision.
Nine people were involved in the accident, two males, six females and a male child.
While all the eight passengers lost their lives, the driver, Abubakar Mohammed, remained unscathed.
The FRSC boss disclosed that his personnel had cleared the obstructions at the crash scene and had transferred the corpses of the deceased to the General Hospital, Dass.
“This is the December period and we have always been sensitising motorists in the state about the dangers associated with over speeding and overloading.
“I want to use this opportunity to plead with motorists to always be conscious of all traffic rules and regulations as well as weather conditions before embarking on their journeys.
“They should also remember that only the living souls, not the dead, would live to celebrate the Christmas and new year festivities,” he stated. (NAN)
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