Truck, bus in head-on collision on jigawa road, four die, 10 injured

Four persons have died, while 10 others sustained varying degrees of injury in an accident involving two vehicles on Gumel-Kano Road in Jigawa State.

The spokesman, Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, Mr, Ibrahim Gambo, confirmed the accident in a Road Traffick Report on Monday.

He said the accident occurred around 12.25am when a bus had a head-on collision with an upcoming vehicle at Achauya village in the Gumel Local Government Area of the state.

“A commercial bus with registration number GML 260 XX with passengers was involved in a collision with a truck with registration number GUS 648 XA coming from the opposite direction.

“It could be attributed to speed violation and loss of control, 14 persons, consisting of 11 males and three females were involved in the crash,” he said.

He said “four male passengers were certified dead by a medical doctor at a hospital” in the area, while seven males and three females were receiving treatment.

“A commercial bus (Sharon) with registration number GML 260 XX carrying passengers was involved in a collision with a truck with registration number GUS 648 XA coming from the opposite direction.

“It could be attributed to speed violation and lost of control, 14 persons, consisting of 11 males and three females were involved in the crash,” he said.