10 dead, eight injured in Bauchi-Gombe road accident

At least 10 persons have been confirmed dead and eight others seriously injured in a fatal auto accident that occurred along Bauchi–Gombe federal highway on Friday.

Confirming the incident in Bauchi, the Acting Sector Commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mahmud Kachalla disclosed that the unfortunate accident occurred when a Volkswagon Golf car, a Honda and a motorcycle had a head-on collision in Alkaleri town, some kilometers away from Tsohuwar Gwaram village in Bauchi state.

Kachalla disclosed that five women, three men, a boy and a girl lost their lives in the accident.

He also added that out of the eight persons that sustained various degrees of injuries, “five were male adults and one a female adult and two young men.”

The safety boss who attributed the cause of the accident to reckless driving revealed that the victims of the ill-fated Golf car were returning from a condolence visit in Jigawa State.

He said that the timely arrival of FRSC personnel in Alkaleri prevented further disaster, saying that his men came to the accident scene and rushed both the dead and the injured persons to the Alkaleri General Hospital for medical treatment.

Kachalla urged motorists to always obey traffic sign while driving especially during this festive period.

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