The Federal Road Safety Commission on Monday confirmed that nine persons died while four sustained injuries in two separate car accidents in Gombe State.
The FRSC Sector Commander in Gombe State, Kuteb Galadima, told newsmen in Gombe that the accidents occurred on Sunday and in the early hours of Monday.
Galadima said the first accident on December 22 involved a Toyota Starlet and water tanker at 7pm on Gombe bye-pass.
He said the starlet stopped at a police checkpoint when a water tanker lost control and crushed it, killing all the four passengers in the car and a policeman checking the vehicle.
Galadima said the second accident occurred in Shongo Idrissa area of Gombe on the Gombe-Bauchi Road on Monday and involved a Toyota Corolla and Peugeot cars.
He said the other accident was caused by wrong overtaking, which led to the death of four of nine passengers on board the two cars.
Galadima called on motorists to be cautious while driving, to avert accident this yuletide.
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