- Safiu Kehinde
No fewer than seven people have been confirmed dead with 70 others severely injured a a passenger-ladened trailer crashed in Kano State.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Kano Sector Commander, Idris Muhammed-Lawal, confirm this in a statement issued on Sunday by FRSC’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Labaran.
As quoted in the statement, Mohammed-Lawal said the accident occurred at about 8:35a.m on Sunday at along Hadejia Road, Kwanar Danja.
“We received a distress call at 08:35a.m and immediately sent our rescue team to the scene at about 08: 40a.m within 5 minutes.
“The accident involved one commercial vehicle, DAF trailer, with registration number KTG 467 YG loaded with passengers and goods.
“The accident involve a total of 105 persons
“Seven persons lost their lives, while 70 persons(55 males and 15 females) sustain variour degrees of injuries”, he said.
Muhammed -Lawal said the cause of the crash was as a result of speeding and the loss of control, compounded by the dangerous practice of mixing goods with passengers.
The sector commander said the crash was a single-vehicle fatal crash and the road condition was observed to be good, and no items were recovered at the scene.
“The injured victims were promptly evacuated to four hospitals as follows:Sir Sunusi Specialist Hospital, Kano: 24 victims (17 males and 7 females), Gezawa.
The rest were: General Hospital: 24 victims (16 males, 8 females), Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital: 20 victims (20 males)
Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital, Nasarawa: 7 victims (5 males, 2 females).
He commiserated with the families of the deceased and wished the injured victims speedy recovery.
The sector commander warned motorists, especially commercial drivers, against speeding, reckless driving, and illegal conveyance of passengers in goods vehicles, as these unsafe practices continued to result in avoidable loss of lives.
He also advised the public to remain safety-conscious and comply strictly with the extant traffic regulations to safeguard lives and property.