In Jigawa Truck driver crushes 15 people to death hours to New Year celebrations

No fewer than 15 persons died in an accident
involving a Sharon bus and a truck along
Gujungu-Gumel road in Kaugama Local
Government Area of Jigawa.
Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday,
December 31, 2017, the spokesman of the state Police
Command, SP Abdu Jinjiri said that the accident
occurred on Saturday around 7:30 p.m.
Jinjiri said that the Sharon vehicle which was supposed
to carry seven passengers, was overloaded with 14
people.
He said, "A seven passengers-capacity vehicle
overloaded with 14 passengers rammed into a truck
coming from the opposite direction on Gujungu-Gumel
road.
"As a result, nine of the passengers died on the spot,
while the rest were rushed to Gumel General Hospital,
in Gumel local government area.
"Nine males including the driver of the Sharon bus, four
females and two children died in the accident.
"It was possible the driver of the overloaded vehicle
was on high speed and could not control it, anyway,
only investigation will reveal the real cause of the
accident."
Jinjiri said the driver of the truck aged 22, is under the
police custody as investigation is ongoing.

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