Six people have lost their lives in an automobile accident on the ever-busy Bauchi-Tafawa Balewa-Kabwir Federal Highway.
The accident occurred in the early hours of yesterday in Kwara village of Bogoro local government area of Bauchi State.
Two of the victims of the Bauchi Road crash were identified as Adamu Abdullahi, aged 20, a native of Mararaba Liman Katagum and Husseini Dahiru Sarkin Kudu, aged 25.
According to a statement by the information officer Bogoro local government, Gomna James, the police are trying to contact members of their families while the driver, Aliyu Yakubu and one Idris Magaji survived the accident and are still receiving treatment at the hospital.
He said the identity of four others remained yet undisclosed as police are still investigating the circumstances leading to the crash.
According to the chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Bogoro, Mr Bauchi Yakubu, the accident occurred when the driver, Aliyu Yakubu tried to avoid potholes leading to the vehicle somersaulting.
“I can confirm to you that I received a phone call early this morning around 5am that a vehicle, J5 conveying some people from Taraba to Mararaba Market in Liman Katagum had a ghastly accident in Kwara village.
“We rushed to the scene of the incident and discovered that some of them had died already while some later died in the hospital. Their corpses are now at the general hospital,” he said.
The state sector command of the FRSC, Mr Yusuf Abdullahi confirmed the crash but promised to give details later.
