By Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
A fatal motor accident has claimed 18 lives at Fune Village along the Dogon Kuka-Damaturu route in Yobe State.
A report from Zone Rs 12 of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), Bauchi, said that the crash occurred at about 11:11a.m on February 3, 2022.
Witnesses said the accident involved an overloaded white Golf with Registration No. KHE 454 XA.
The Golf car was said to be coming from Damagum at the Dogon Kuka-Damaturu axis of the route and was behind a Bullion Van heading towards Damaturu, headquarters of Yobe State.
In a statement by the Zonal Commanding Officer, Zone 12 Covering Bauchi, Yobe and Borno states, Assistant Corps Marshal Rotimi Adeleye, route violation, overloading, excessive speed and wrongful overtaking led to the fatal crash.
“Due to the impatience on the part of the Golf driver, on approaching a U-turn and in his bid to overtake the Bullion Van ahead, diverted into Damaturu- Dogon Kuka axis of the dual carriageway facing on-coming vehicles.
“In the process, the Golf had a head-on collision with a blue Golf with Registration No. BKD 74 SB.
“The number of people involved was 21 – 9 Male Adults, 8 Female Adults, 2 Male Children and 2 female Children,” the statement noted.
The statement further revealed that “the number of those injured is 3 comprising 1 Male Adult, 1 Female Adult and 1 Male Child while the number of those killed is 18, made up of 8 Male Adults, 7 Female Adults, 2 Male Children and 1 Female Child.”
Adeleye said while the dead and the injured had been taken to the General Hospital, Damagum for medical attention and depositing the dead bodies at the morgue, all obstructions at the scene of the accident had been cleared.
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