The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Bauchi State, says no fewer than eight persons lost their lives in a road accident that occurred in Bauchi, on Saturday.
Abdullahi confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Bauchi, on Sunday.
According to him, the accident involving an Opel Vectra car with plate number AA 954 GYD and one Mercedes Benz tipper numbered NIN 279 SA, happened in Goltukurwa village, along Dass-Bauchi Road, at 9:30 pm.
The Sector Commander, who said that it took personnel of the Corps about seven minutes to arrive at the scene to clear the site, attributed the accident to overloading, speed violation and head-on-collision.
He explained that nine people were involved in the crash, comprising two males, six females and a male child.
Abdullahi stated that all the eight passengers in the Opel Vectra car, which ran into the tipper, lost their lives while the driver of the tipper, simply identified as Abubakar Mohammed, was unscathed.
The FRSC boss said that his personnel had cleared the obstructions at the crash scene, adding that the corpses of the deceased had been taken to the General Hospital, Dass.
“This is December period and we have always been sensitising motorists in the state about the dangers associated with over-speeding and overloading.
“I want to use this opportunity to plead with motorists to always be conscious of traffic rules and regulations as well as weather conditions before embarking on journeys.
“They should also remember that only the living souls, not the dead, would live to celebrate the Christmas and New Year festivities,” he stated.
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