25 Die In Bauchi Lone Auto Crash

A lone auto crash on Thursday in Udobo village in Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State has killed 25 people.

Sector Commander of the FRSC in Bauchi State, Mr Yusuf Abdullahi disclosed this  in Bauchi on Friday, adding that ten other persons sustained injuries in the crash.

He said the accident involved one Toyota Hummer bus in which the over-speeding driver lost control after a tyre burst.

“Thirty-five persons were involved in the road crash.

“Twenty-five of them – nine adult male, 11 adult females, two male children and three female children – lost their lives on the spot.

“Ten others sustained serious injuries, and they are all male adults,’’ he said.

He added that the injured were taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Azare, in Katagum Local Government Area of the state, while the corpses of the deceased were taken to Hadeja in Jigawa for burial.

Abdullahi charged motorists always to be conscious of traffic rules and regulations while plying the roads.