The police in Nasarawa State on Friday confirmed the death of nine persons following an accident involving a tipper truck…
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The Acting Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Isah Usman, disclosed this on Wednesday in Minna
Prof. Peter Katchy, the Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Red Cross Society, who was at the scene, said the three persons died instantly
The witness said: “When the driver was trying to do that, the container fell off. The tricycle rider and a trader on the road side were the only two people affected. The tricycle rider later died.
It was gathered that the supporters had converged to welcome the APC governorship candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, who was in the area on campaign tour
The state Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Muhammad Gidado, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse that the accident occurred at about 1pm
The deceased, identified as Taye Kamali, 19, for unknown reasons, decided to take a swim in a pool that is still under construction and got drowned
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Akeem, a staff of the Sango-Ota branch of the bank and a father of four, was crushed to death at about 8:30am on his way to the office
Instead of finding their way out of the gridlock that seconded the accident, motorists and commuters were busy treating themselves to the bottles of drinks the crashed truck carried
It was gathered that the police officer, simply identified as Gwarza, was on duty at Liverpool Roundabout when the driver of the truck ran against traffic and crushed him to death
He blamed the accident on dangerous overtaking by one of the drivers that resulted in a head-on collision by two vehicles
Husaini attributed the crashes to over speeding, poor condition of roads and failure by motorists to comply with road traffic rules and regulations
A statement from the spokesman of the Enugu State Police Command, Ebere Amaraizu, said the identity of the victims was yet to be established
The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that the deceased were members of the family of Alhaji Shehu Umar, the District Head of Dogon Daji in Tambuwal Local Government Area
The commission’s Kogi Sector Commander, Godwin Omiko, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria, said three other persons were critically injured in the crash
In an attempt to avoid ramming into tricycle riders who were parked by the sharp corner of the road, the driver crashed into the market, killing four persons instantly.
While some residents in the area said that more than 11 persons were killed
The tanker, which appears to have lost its brakes, did not, however, run into the bridge or any other vehicle.
Nobody was also hurt
He said the deceased was a 100 level Political Science undergraduate at the newly established Federal University, Birnin Kebbi
A statement from the Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Godwin Omiko, said the accident, which occurred at about 11.35am, was caused by a wrong over-taking
The Commander, Luka Ikpi, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin that the accident involved a truck and an Audi 80 saloon car