- Safiu Kehinde
No fewer than 10 persons have been confirmed dead with three others injured in a fatal accident that along Damaturu-Maiduguri Road.
This was confirmed to newsmen by Yobe State Police Command spokesman, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, Spokesman of the command.
According to Abdulkarim, the incident occurred at a security checkpoint in Warsala Town about 10 am on Tuesday, when a truck loaded with cement and passengers hit a car before it plunged into a ditch.
He said that of the 13 passengers on the trailer,10 died instantly, while the three sustained injures.
The Police spokesman further stated that the injured had been conveyed to the Specialist Hospital, Damaturu for treatment.
He said that investigation revealed that the truck allegedly lost control and rammed into a car at the checkpoint before it made way into the ditch.
However, the car driver, who was alone in the car, survived the accident unhurt, but his vehicle was damaged.