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By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
Bauchi State Sector Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), has confirmed the death of 2 people while 3 others were variously injured in a fatal multiple accident barely 24 hours to the 2022 Eid-el-Fitir sallah celebration.
The confirmation was contained in a road traffic crash (RTC) report from Zebra 30 RS12.14 Toro /Magama Station in Toro LGA of the Bauchi State Sector Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC).
The report jointly issued by SRC SA Jeremiah Unit Command (UC) RS12.14 Toro and ACC JO BEBIA contained that the crash occurred on Friday, 29/04/2022 at 2011hrs and was reported at 2015hrs while the operative of FRSC arrived at the scene 2020hrs making a response time of 5mins.
The route of the accident is Panshanu on the Toro-Bauchi route while the nature of RTC was fatal involving 2 vehicles, commercial Sharon Volkswagen mini bus and a privately driven Honda Civic car with registration numbers TRR808XA and JMT940RL respectively.
According to the report, the probable cause of the RTC was speed limit violation (SPV) and lost of control (LOC) by the drivers.
A total of 03 Male Adults were injured while 02 Male Adults were killed out of the total number of 05 Male Adults involved in the crash. The type of injuries were cuts and bruises.
Action taken by the FRSC operative was that the injured victims were taken to the General Hospital in Toro for medical attention while dead bodies were deposited at the hospital mortuary also the obstruction has been cleared.
The Command appealed to road users to the cautious while driving considering the heavy traffic that will be witnessed during the Sallah period reminding them that only the living do celebrate.
