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The Federal Road Safety Corps, Katsina Sector Command, has confirmed that 8 travellers person died successful a fatal roadworthy accident, portion 17 others sustained assorted degrees of injuries on the Funtua-Katsina Highway successful Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State.
It said the mishap occurred astatine astir 1:32 p.m. on Sunday at Layin Kukah on the Funtua–Katsina Road, involving a Toyota Hiace commercialized autobus with registration fig 14B 92 TR and an unregistered Bajaj tricycle.
According to a First Information Report issued by the command’s Public Education Officer, DRC Shamsudeen Babajo, “The clang progressive a full of 25 persons. Seventeen sustained varying degrees of injuries, portion 8 persons mislaid their lives.”
According to the statement, the mishap was caused by incorrect overtaking. It added that accusation astir the clang was received astatine astir 1:34 pm, portion the rescue squad arrived astatine the country astatine astir 2:04 pm, signaling a effect clip of 30 minutes.
“The rescue squad conducted the rescue cognition successful collaboration with the Community Watch Corps (C-Watch). The victims and the corpses were taken to Bakori Comprehensive Hospital for aesculapian attraction and further check-up, portion the corpses were subsequently transferred to General Hospital, Funtua,” Babajo said.
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