The Federal Roads Safety Commission in Sokoto State said that one person died while 17 others sustained injuries in an accident that occurred between Sokoto and Sabon-garin Kwannawa on Monday.
Kuteb Takum, the Sector Commander of the Commission in the state, who confirmed the accident, said the victims were returning from a ceremony in Sabon-garin Kwannawa, on the outskirt of Sokoto.
Takum told the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto that the vehicle, a pick-up van marked Edo XF 739 BEN, somersaulted at the Sabon-garin Kwannawa Junction at about 10am.
He said: “The driver of the vehicle, who is now on the run, lost the control of the vehicle while on Kwannawa-Sokoto highway.
“It was not a head on collision.
“The van somersaulted several times after the driver lost the control of the vehicle and veered off the road.”
Takum said that one person died immediately while others sustained injuries.
He said that seven of the injured were receiving treatment at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto.
According to him, the remaining 10 injured are responding to treatment at the Specialist Hospital, Sokoto.
