A road accident involving two commercial buses has claimed the lives of 19 persons in Bagauda, near Nigeria Law School campus on the Kano–Zaria highway on Thursday.
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC Sector Commander in Kano State, Zubairu Mato said 26 others sustained various degrees of injuries out of the 45 passengers involved.
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Mato said that the injured persons were evacuated to Kura General Hospital for medical attention while the corpses of the deceased were handed over to their relatives at the Bebeji Police Division.
“We received a distress call at about 7:30 a.m. On receiving the information, we quickly dispatched our personnel and vehicle to the scene of the incident to rescue the victims.
“A total of 45 passengers conveying in the two buses were involved in the accident. Nineteen died (14 adult males, four adult females and one male child lost their lives) while 26 others sustained serious injuries.
“The accident occurred as a result of over speeding, reckless driving and loss of control, which led to a head-on collision and the two vehicles bursting into fire immediately.
“We advise motorists to avoid speeding, overtaking and reckless driving,” Mato said
