A truck driver has crushed a traffic warden and five other persons to death in Vinukilang settlement on the outskirts of Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
According to Daily Trust, a witness said that the driver of the truck lost control and rammed into a mechanic workshop, killing six persons.
A trader, Yakubu Ayuba, said angry youths set the truck ablaze after the truck driver ran away, and that fire from the burning vehicle spread to some shops.
Another witness said, “The tipper conveying sand veered off and hit many people at the mechanic workshop. The driver escaped and people set his vehicle ablaze.”
A team of policemen, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and Red Cross officials were seen evacuating corpses from the accident scene.