2 killed as vehicle plunges into river in Bauchi

Few days after Bauchi State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the death of three people in a fatal accident which occurred at Dungulbi on the Bauchi – Gombe road, the Corps, on Monday, also confirmed that two people were killed when a vehicle plunged into a river, on Sunday, morning along Darazo-Dukku road.

The confirmation was made by the FRSC Sector Commander, Yusuf Abdullahi, while speaking to our Correspondent, saying that two other people sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident.

He said that the accident involved two vehicles, a Station Wagon Opel Vectra with registration number: DSA-120 AA and a Toyota Hiace commercial bus belonging to Gombe Mass Transit Company with registration number: GME-74 YX coming from opposite directions.

The Sector Commander further said that the crash was caused by a speed violation adding that it occured at about 9.08 a.m. on the Gombe Abba bridge on Darazo – Dukku highway, 32 kilometres away from the FRSC Darazo office.

According to him, “The crash involved another private 406 Peugeot with Registration number: 06H-04NS. The crash which was caused by a speed violation involved four people.

“The driver lost control and plunged into the river. Two people were killed while the remaining two were injured.”

Yusuf Abdullahi added that: “The trapped victims and the vehicles were finally removed and taken to the General Hospital, Dukku, Gombe State for confirmation at about 4.11 p.m., today 26th September 2021. Two of them were confirmed dead by a medical doctor at the hospital.”

He reiterated the call on motorists to avoid excessive overspeeding and other traffic violations which can lead to fatal accidents saying, “we are doing our best to maintain low accident profile for the state.”

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