NOT fewer than Nineteen people have been reportedly killed in a ghastly motor accident that occurred along Gombe-Darazo road in Bauchi state last Thursday evening.
This was disclosed by a top official of Darazo local government area who spoke to Newsmen who were in the area on an official assignment in confidence explaining that the fatal accident occurred allegedly as a result of over-speeding by the driver.
The official further said that the accident victims were travelling on their way to Kano State from Gombe State when the vehicle somersaulted and fell into a ditch killing the 19 passengers while injuring two others.
According to him, both the dead and the injured were rushed to the Darazo General Hospital for deposit at the morgue and medical care respectively.
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But in a telephone reaction to the accident, the Head of Operations of the FRSC, Bauchi Sector Command, Paul Guah who is the Deputy Sector Commander told our Correspondent that from the report he got from the Darazo unit only 13 people died in the accident.
While explaining that the accident vehicle was an 18-seater Hummer Bus which rammed into a trailer Peter Guah said that “I am out of town so I don’t have full details of the accident but what I gathered is that the Hummer Bus which was on a high speed rammed into a trailer.
“I learnt that 13 passengers were killed instantly. The injured were rushed to the hospital for treatment,” Peter Guah explained.
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