Twenty-five passengers have been
confirmed dead following a head-on collision involving two vehicles at Gabi
village along Bauch-Kano road.
Bauchi State Police Command made
the disclosure on Thursday in a statement issued by the command’s Public
Relations Officer, DSP Jamal Datti Abubakar.
Part of the statement reads;
“With a heavy heart, the Bauchi
State Police Command regret to inform the general public that, there was a
fatal motor vehicles accident today, Thursday 12/12/2019 at about 0630hrs, at a
location closed to Gubi village along Bauchi – Kano road involving two motor
vehicles, Toyota Hummer bus conveying twenty two (22) passengers and J5 bus
conveying four (4) passengers and twenty (20) cows.
“The accident occurred when the
two vehicles were coming towards opposite direction and on reaching a point
along the road, they had a head-on collision, as a result all the twenty six
(26) passengers from the two vehicles sustained serious burn injuries.
“The victims were immediately
evacuated from the scene by security agents with assistance of good Samaritans
to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital for treatment.
Unfortunately, on reaching the hospital, twenty five (25) passengers were
confirmed dead by the medical doctor while one (1) survived and is on admission
receiving treatment.
The Spokesman also said
investigation has revealed that, all the passengers boarded the Toyota bus from
Katsina on their way to Yola while the passengers in the J5 bus were from
Bauchi on their way to Kano.
According to him, up to the time
of this release, only four (4) corpses from the J5 bus were identified by their
families and released for burial while twenty one (21) from the Toyata bus were
yet to be identified and claimed by their families.
“It is on this note, the Command
calls on members of the public whom their family member(s) left Katsina to Yola
today’s morning and are still unable to reach them to check at the ATBU
Teaching Hospital please.
“Investigation is ongoing to
ascertain the cause of the accident,” he added.
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