Eight people have been killed and seven others injured in a lone crash that occured at Kili village along Darazo-Kari road in Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
The Bauchi State Sector Commander of Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), Yusuf Abdullahi, said this in the First Incident Report he sent to reporters today in Bauchi,
Abdullahi said the crash, which occured last night around 12:02am, involved a grey Volkswagen Sharon Minibus. “Eight people lost their lives, seven others sustained various degrees of injury in the crash,” he said.
According to him, the commercial vehicle, which was in the fleet of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, had the number plate, BCH 465 XA.
Abdullahi said 15 people — four male adults, six female adults, two male children and three female children — were in the vehicle when the incident occurred.
“The crash was caused by a tyre burst, which made the driver lose control of the steering,” he added.
