7 killed, 5 injured in Bauchi autocrash
No fewer than seven persons have been killed in a fatal accident that occurred on Wednesday at Rimin Zayam on the Bauchi-Jos highway while five others sustained varying degrees of injuries, Federal Road Safety Corps, Bauchi State Sector Command has confirmed.
The Informant247 gathered that the crash, which involved a Toyota Hiace bus, with registration number, DRZ063LG, belonging to the government and a commercial Volkswagen Sharon minibus occurred at about 8:50pm on Wednesday.
The report also said that the accident was reported to the Toro-Magaman Gumau Unit of the FRSC at 8:55pm, adding that road safety personnel were deployed to the scene of the accident immediately for rescue operations.
It was learned that 12 persons, which made up of five male adults, six female adults and one female child were involved in the crash, adding that the six female adults and the child lost their lives on the spot, while five male adults sustained injuries, including lacerations, bruises, cuts and fractures.
FRSC, while attributing the cause of the accident to speed limit violations and loss of control of the vehicle by the driver, added that the injured were taken to the Toro General Hospital for treatment while the remains of the deceased were deposited at the hospital’s morgue.
