Five persons have lost their lives in a road accident that happened along Bauchi-Jos road on Saturday, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Bauchi State Sector Command says, confirming that the accident occurred about 30 kilometers from Bauchi.
The spokesman of the Command, Rilwan Suleiman, disclosed that the accident involved a trailer (truck) and a Peugeot 406 car colliding head-on collision, leading to the death of five persons.
It was learnt that eight people in total were involved in the accident.
Sulieman disclosed that the accident occurred at about 1.30am.
The trailer involved in the accident is registered FJ 607 MKA, painted white and blue, while the Peugeot 406 car is ash coloured and is registered 406 KRF 13 AA, the FRSC spokesman said, giving details of the vehicles.
“The accident occurred when the 406, which was coming to Bauchi, tried to dodge a bad portion of the road but lost control and ran into the trailer which was heading to Jos and they had a head-on collision,” said Suleiman, describing what led up to the accident.
“And as a result, all the occupants of the 406, two female adults and three male adults, sustained severe injuries. Our men immediately rushed to the scene after receiving the information and rushed them to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi for medical attention. Unfortunately, they were confirmed dead on arrival by a medical doctor.”
Suleiman said that because of the impact of the accident,” the trailer crushed the Peugeot and the Peugeot was under the trailer. We had to seek the services of two cranes and it took us several hours before we were able to separate the two vehicles.”
