17 killed in Kaduna multiple road crashes
Seventeen individuals have died in a number of crashes that occurred alongside the Zaria-Kaduna freeway. It was gathered that the primary accident occurred on Saturday, March 12, when a Toyota Carina automotive with registration quantity KTL 251QG, misplaced management round Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria and somersaulted after hitting the median barrier. The Unit…
Seventeen individuals have died in a number of crashes that occurred alongside the Zaria-Kaduna freeway.
It was gathered that the primary accident occurred on Saturday, March 12, when a Toyota Carina automotive with registration quantity KTL 251QG, misplaced management round Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria and somersaulted after hitting the median barrier.
The Unit Commandant, Federal Street Security Corp, Zaria Command, Abubakar Tatah Murabus, who confirmed the accident, mentioned all of the victims have been evacuated to the morgue.
Murabus, who blamed the accident on overload and over-speeding, mentioned the five-seater automotive travelling from Kaduna to Bakori in Katsina State, was loaded with 11 individuals.
“The accident occurred on Saturday afternoon round 2 pm alongside Tariyar Sarki close to Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria,” he acknowledged.
“This is the reason we warn drivers to desist from the behavior of overloading passengers. You possibly can think about this automotive, which was meant to hold 5 folks together with the driving force had as a substitute carried eleven individuals, and the driving force was mentioned to be overspeeding regardless of the variety of folks within the automotive,” he mentioned.
He gave the title of the driving force as Musa Iliyasu.
In response to NTA Yola, six passengers travelling from Warri to Jigawa state, have been killed within the second crash occurred within the early hours at Rigachikun, alongside Kaduna-Zaria Street on Monday morning, March 14.
Eye witness account revealed that the car swerved at a pointy bend alongside Rigachikun space attributable to over-speeding.
Officers of the Federal highway security corps have evacuated the useless our bodies to mogue and different passengers who’ve sustained accidents for therapy.