Fatal accident claims six lives in Bauchi

Bauchi State Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps, (FRSC) had confirmed the death of six people in a fatal auto accident which occurred last Saturday at Sabuwar Gwaram village near Alkaleri along the Bauchi- Gombe highway.

Drivers, especially commercial vehicle drivers have been called upon to always obey traffic regulations, especially during the ’ember’ months due to high traffic flow.

The confirmation of the accident was made by the Head of Operations, FRSC, Bauchi Sector Command, Deputy Corps Commander, Ibrahim Abubakar in a telephone interview on Monday disclosing that the two vehicles involved in the accident were a Toyota Camry and a Volkswagen Golf Car saying that that the accident was caused by over-speeding.

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According to him: “The accident which occurred last Saturday at about 10.55 am at Sabuwar Gwaram along Alkaleri-Bauchi road, involved two vehicles. The two vehicles are a Toyota Camry with registration number, AT 401 JJN and a Volkswagen Golf Car with registration number AB 776 AKK.

He further said, “The driver of the Volkswagen Golf Car in the process of trying to avoid a pothole, lost control and had a head-on collision with the other car, the Toyota Camry.

” We got a call and our men rushed to the scene of the accident and evacuated the victims to the hospital. Six people in the two vehicles, two females and four males were confirmed dead by a Medical Doctor,” he added.

“I call on motorists to be more careful on the road and observe traffic regulations. They should avoid excessive speeding which is a major cause of accidents on the highways”, the HoD called.

Ibrahim Abubakar said that “This call is very important especially at this period of the ember months where there is a high volume of vehicles on the highways. If they do this, road traffic crashes which lead to loss of lives and properties will be reduced to the barest minimum,”.