A
head-on-collision between a Blue Toyota Hiace bus and a truck along Bulkachukwa
and Danbam road axis at Busuri village in Katagum Local Government Area of
Bauchi State on Saturday night claimed the lives of 13 persons, including the
driver.
Five
others sustained injuries in the accident, which involved the Hiace with number
plates AQ 79 AKR, ONDO, driven by one 28-year-old Sule Abubakar, and the truck,
marked XB 907 GWL, KANO.
The state
Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the
accident to newsmen in Bauchi, said both vehicles, coming from opposite
directions, suddenly collided.
The PPRO
gave the names of 10 victims of the crash to include Sule Abubakar (driver of
the bus), Buba Shuaibu, aged 30, from Doleri village; Ibrahim Mohammed, 25
years, from Busuri village; Yusuf Busuri, 17 years, from Busuri; Sadik Bello,
20, from Busuri.
Others
are Yahai Suleiman, 30, from Busuri village; Hudu Isah, 30, from Kafinta
village; Haruna Yusuf, 15, from Busuri; Sale Waziri, 50, from Busuri and Yahai
Manini, 40, from Busuri village. He said a patrol team attached to Azare
Division rushed to the scene and evacuated all the victims to the Federal
Medical Centre, Azare.
Mohammed
said two corpses were yet to be identified, adding that efforts are on to
contact the affected families of the victims. The PPRO called on members of the
public, whose relatives travelled, to check the Federal Medical Centre in Azare
for identification.
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