- The mishap happened after the truck, loaded with cement and passengers, lost control and plunged into a ditch
At least ten people have lost their lives in a fatal road accident along the Damaturu-Maiduguri road in Yobe State.
Three other passengers were injured in the Tuesday auto crash which involved a cement truck.
The mishap happened after the truck, loaded with cement and passengers, lost control and plunged into a ditch.
Eyewitnessess said the truck had 13 passengers on board, with 10 succumbing to their injuries at the scene. Three others were rushed to the hospital with varying degrees of injuries.
The Public Relations Officer of the Yobe State Police Command, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, confirmed the incident.
He said preliminary investigations revealed that the truck lost its brakes, colliding with a Sharon car at a checkpoint before veering off the road and tumbling into the ditch.
“The truck, carrying cement and passengers, lost control and crashed into a ditch.
“Out of the 13 passengers on board, 10 died instantly, while the remaining three were rushed to the Specialists Hospital in Damaturu for treatment,” Abdulkarim said.
According to him, the driver of the Sharon car, who was alone at the time, survived the accident, although the vehicle sustained significant damage.
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