11 killed in Nasarawa road crash
The accident occurred at Endehu hill, popularly called “Many have gone”, the same spot where the Nasarawa State deputy governor’s convoy was attacked recently.
Our correspondent, who visited the scene of the accident, reports that the Federal Road Safety Corps , the police and travellers helped in the rescue operation. An eyewitness said the trailer with number plate Kano-KMC 523 YD, loaded with cement and heading for Lafia, crushed the Sharon car marked Nasarawa-LFA 497 ZY, killing the nine occupants.
He said the trailer allegedly had a brake failure and hit the rear of a moving truck with registration number Gombe-GME 466 XA, conveying beans from Gombe to Aba in Abia State, before it lost control and crushed the Sharon car, killing the occupants.One person has been reportedly killed in a crash on the Bauchi-Jos Road at Miri village, on the outskirts of Bauchi.The incident, which occurred yesterday, left seven students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University , Bauchi injured.
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