Tragedy struck on Saturday when two persons died while 30 others sustained serious injuries in an auto crash in Miyabarkate village of Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Yusuf Abdullahi, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), disclosed this in a road traffic report made available to news men in Bauchi on Sunday.
According to the Sector Commander, the accident, which involved one Toyota Carina car, a Toyota Corolla car and one Toyota Hiace bus, happened around 12:30 p.m.
He explained that it took the personnel of the corps barely five minutes to arrive at the scene of the crash to clear the site and attributed the cause of the crash to speed violation.
“Thirty two people were involved in the fatal road crash and there were 27 male adults and five female adults.
“Two male adults lost their lives on the spot while 30 others sustained injuries,” he said.
Abdullahi added that the injured had been taken to Toro General Hospital for treatment while the corpses of the deceased were also deposited in the morgue of the same hospital for identification.
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