10 people are reported to have died in an accident that occurred on Kaduna-Kano expressway on Saturday. The accident occurred around Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, at about 5:30 a.m.
The Head of Public Enlightenment, Zaria Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Idris Yahaya, confirmed the accident and casualty saying the “pathetic’’ accident involved three vehicles, a luxury bus; a car; and an articulated vehicle.
“There are 48 persons in the three vehicles; nine people got burnt to death, while one other woman died in the hospital, 31 persons were injured while seven persons survived the accident. The driver of the luxury bus is receiving treatment at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria’’ he said.
The unit commander said that the injured persons were also receiving treatment at the hospital, while the bodies of the dead had been deposited at the same hospital.
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