At least 15 people have been confirmed dead while seven others were injured in a ghastly auto crash along the ever-busy Jos-Bauchi highway.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Bauchi State Sector Command, indicated in a First Information Report (FIR) about the accident that the crash involved a truck and a commercial bus.
The FIR further indicated that the accident occurred in Nabordo, a community along the Bauchi–Jos road, involving a trailer with registration number DKD32 XB and a Toyota Hiace commercial bus with registration number YLA 984XA.
The truck reportedly belongs to the fleet of Dangote, while the Toyota bus belongs to Adamawa State’s Sunshine Transport Corporation.
“Cumulatively, 22 persons were involved in the accident, comprising 2 female adults, 18 male adults, 1 female child, and 1 male child.
“The number of people killed was 15, comprising 12 male adults, 1 female adult, 1 male child, and 1 female child, while those injured were 7, 6 male adults, and 1 female adult,” the FIR report reads in parts.
According to the FRSC report, the probable cause of the road traffic crash was loss of control, a speed limit violation, and dangerous driving.
Leadership reports that no items were recovered at the scene of the crash, and the action taken was that the victims were evacuated and taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, for treatment.
The corpses of the dead were also deposited at the morgue of the same hospital as the rescue operation, which was done by a combined team of FRSC personnel and police.
