On Tuesday, a crash on the motorway near Government Technical College in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State claimed the lives of three passengers.
ANAEDOONLINE According to information obtained by Metro, the car caught fire following the collision, and no less than 13 additional passengers suffered injuries of various severity and were sent to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital for care.
The accident involved a commercial vehicle with the licence plate XE 222 TRN that was travelling from the Ajingi Local Government Area to Kofar Wambai inside the city, according to Saminu Abdullahi, spokesman for the state Fire Service, who confirmed the occurrence.
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According to him, the agency received an emergency call from one Muktar Yusuf, alerting the service that there was a fire outbreak on the state road, involving a commercial vehicle with 18 passengers onboard.
Furthermore, Abdullahi disclosed that three females, Zeenai Babji, Surayya Umar, and a yet-to-be-identified passenger, lost their lives during the unfortunate incident, while 13 others suffered varying degrees of injury, and were rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital for treatment.
However, Saminu said the driver of the ill-fated bus, 35-year-old Muhammed Gali, alongside his conductor, Hassan Danladi, who were unhurt had been handed over to a policeman, Inspector Abubakar Ahmad, of the Nassarawa Police Division, for further investigation.
While attributing the cause of the accident to speeding, Abdullahi advised motorists to always drive with caution to prevent any unfortunate disaster in future.
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