Jigawa speeding bus rams into parked trailer, 10 killed

No fewer than 10 persons have died following a fatal auto crash in Yanfari village in the Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State.

The Jigawa State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Adam, confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday.

He said, “The Jigawa State Police Command regrets to announce that on November 12, 2024, at about 2130hrs, a fatal motor vehicle accident occurred in Yanfari village, Taura LGA, along the Kano/Hadejia Road.”

The PPRO explained that the Monday accident occurred after a Toyota Hummer bus with number plate, HDJ 631 YDD, was coming from Kano to Hadejia and rammed into a parked trailer marked, RGN180 ZC, after which  the vehicle summersulted.

He said the driver of the vehicle and nine  other passengers died on the spot while one passenger sustained injury.

“On receipt of the tragic incident, the patrol team attached to Taura Division rushed to the scene where 10 corpses were evacuated to Hadejia General Hospital for medical examinations.

“The medical doctor on call certified them dead, while the remaining one passenger was admitted at Majia Primary Health Care Centre and he is  responding to treatment,” Adam said.