Fatal Accident Claims 11 Lives, Injures 9 In Bauchi
BY ADEYEMI AKANJI, BAUCHI – The Sector Command of the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) in Bauchi State has confirmed that 11 persons have been killed in a fatal accident on Saturday.
A report of the Road Traffic Crash (RTC) of the FRSC RS12.13, issued by RC Aliyu B Sunusi for the Alkaleri Unit Command of the Commission and released by the Sector Commander, Yusuf Abdullahi, indicated that the fatal crash occurred at about 1730 hours on the Alkaleri-Gombe highway.
The FRSC said that immediately after the incident occurred, its personnel quickly mobilized to the scene within 15 minutes and commenced the rescue operation that lasted till 1800hrs.
The fatal accident specifically took place at a village called Hawan Jaki involving two vehicles, 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.
The FRSC said the DAF truck was driven by one Muhammed Musa with a national driver’s license number SUL08629AA76.
The FRSC report further said that the probable cause of the fatal accident was dangerous driving (DGD) while the number of people involved was 20 male adults out of which 11 male adults were killed and 9 male adults were injured variously.
The personnel of the FRSC later evacuated the victims to the General Hospital in Alkaleri for confirmation of death and treatment of the injured.
