13 die in Bauchi-Jos road auto crash

Posted by admin Bauchi, Headlines, Plateau, State News Wednesday, January 7th, 2015

Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the death of 13 people in a road crash at Sabon Garin Nabordo along the Bauchi-Jos highway.

The command, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday by the spokesman of the command, DSP Haruna Mohammed, said the accident happened when a motorcyclist collided with vehicles coming from opposite directions.

Mohammed said the two vehicles driving from opposite directions had a head-on collision on Sunday while trying to avoid hitting the motorcyclist, who was among the dead.

“The accident occurred when the motorcyclist without due care and attention suddenly crossed the highway and the vehicles had a head on collusion while trying to dodge him. As a result, 12 passengers and the motorcyclist died on the spot while four others sustained various degrees of injuries,” he said.

According to him, a Black Toyota Sharon bus with registration number KTG -282-XG, conveying nine passengers travelling from Jos to Bauchi and an Opel Vectra car with registration number, TRR- 355-XA conveying seven passengers from Bauchi to Jos were involved in the accident.

The spokesman said a police patrol team attached to the Toro Police Division had visited the scene and evacuated the victims to Nabordo Clinic for medical attention and post- mortem examination.

He said identities of the victims were yet to be ascertained, advising members of the public whose relatives embarked on trips on the route to visit the clinic for possible identification of their relatives.

Mohammed said investigation into the incident had commenced.

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