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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday said four persons were killed and four others sustained injuries in an accident that occurred in Wailo village, Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Thursday.
Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, the Sector Commander of FRSC in Bauchi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that the accident, which happened around 2:45 p.m., was caused by speed violation and wrongful overtaking.
According to him, all the persons involved in the accident are male adults.
“The four people died immediately at the scene of the crash and their bodies were deposited at the Darazo General Hospital Mortuary,” he said.
He added that it was caused by speed violation and wrongful overtaking.
The accident involved a commercial vehicle, a Toyota Matrix Wagon with a number plate: BEN256TA, belonging to the National Union of Road Transport Workers, and a Volkswagen Saloon Golf with a number plate: MUB739QW.
He said, “We were called and our men rushed to the scene for the rescue operation.
“They evacuated them to the General Hospital Darazo for medical attention.
“It was at the hospital that a medical doctor certified four of them dead.
“Their corpses have been deposited at the mortuary in the same hospital after which they will be released to their families for burial.”
Auto crash kills 4, injures 4 others in Bauchi
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says four persons were killed and four others sustained injuries in an accident that occurred in Wailo village, Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi on Thursday.
Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, the Sector Commander of FRSC in Bauchi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday.
Abdullahi said the accident, which happened around 2:45 p.m. was caused by speed violation and wrongful overtaking.
According to him, all the persons involved in the accident are male adults.
“The four people died immediately at the scene of the crash and their bodies were deposited at the Darazo General Hospital Mortuary,” he said.