A Thursday auto crash in Bauchi, involving a tricycle and a bus, took the lives of five persons.
Three other persons sustained serious injuries as the tricycle had a head-on collision with the bus.
Abdullahi Sector Commander of the FRSC in Bauchi State, attributed the cause of the crash to speed violations and overloading.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that the accident occurred at Gubi village on the Bauchi-Kano Road.
“Eighteen persons, were involved in the crash, but 10 escaped unhurt,’’ he told NAN.
He said the dead and the injured have been taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.
Source:
Vanguard
