Seven persons on Wednesday lost their lives and 40 others were injured in a traffic accident involving two trucks on Wednesday in Yobe State.
The traffic accident occurred on Nangere-Gashua Road in Nangere Local Government Area of the state.
Dungus Abdulkarim, the spokesman of the Yobe State Police Command, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Damaturu.
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Abdulkarim, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said: “A fatal traffic accident occurred along Nangere-Gashua Road involving a trailer with registration no. XB 918 KTN loaded with cows and over 50 passengers and a Tata truck with registration no. ABJ 222 XG.
“The accident which resulted in the instant death of seven persons and injuries to 40 people occurred when the driver of the trailer tried to dodge the Tata that was leaving the highway for a feeder road.”
He said the injured persons were taken to General Hospital in Nangere, Specialist Hospital in Potiskum and Yobe Teaching Hospital, Damaturu for treatment.
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