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Another accident along Kaduna-Kano expressway.. 10 people confirmed dead.

Not less than 10 people has been dead in an accident that occurred at the early hours of yesterday, Saturday 30th June  along Kaduna-Kano expressway . The accident occurred around Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, at about 5:30 a.m.

The Head of Public Enlightenment, Zaria Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Idris Yahaya, confirmed the incident, he described the accident as pathetic.

His word… the “PATHETIC’’ accident involved three vehicles, a luxury bus; a car; and an articulated vehicle.

“There are 48 persons in the three vehicles; nine people got burnt to death, while one other woman died in the hospital, 31 persons were injured while seven persons survived the accident. The driver of the luxury bus is receiving treatment at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria’’ he said.

 

The unit commander said that the injured persons were also receiving treatment at the hospital, while the bodies of the dead had been deposited at the same hospital

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