12 persons died, scores injured in Katsina multiple crash

No fewer than 12 persons died
in a fatal road accident
involving four vehicles on
Tuesday night in the outskirts
of Katsina, Katsina State.The
State Sector Commander,
Federal Road Safety Corps
(FRSC), Umar Ibrahim, who
confirmed the report attributed
the accident to over speeding of
the driver of the vehicles.

Daily Sun learnt that about a
dozen passengers, who
sustained various degrees of
injuries however, cheated death
in the tragedy that occurred
near Umaru Musa Yar’adua
University, Katsina-Dutsinma
Road.

An eyewitness confirmed that
the remains of the victims and
the injured passengers were
taken to Katsina General
Hospital and Federal Medical
Centre, Katsina by FRSC officials
and some good samaritans.

It was learnt that the accident
occurred when one of the ill-
fated vehicles, a J-5 Peugeot
bus,  Katsina-bound  rammed
into a Toyota Starlet car coming
from opposite direction.

“Immediately after the collision,
another Golf car driving
towards the state capital from
Dutsinma collided with the two
vehicles. While rescue efforts
were in progress, a second Golf
car crashed into the badly-
damaged vehicles at the scene,”
an eyewitness told Daily Sun.

Contrary to the rumour that the
bus was running away from
men of the Nigeria Customs
Service (NSC), the Chief Public
Relations Officer of Katsina-
Kaduna states Command of the
NCS, Mohammed Giade,
dismissed the allegation as
baseless and malicious.

While commiserating with the
families of the deceased, Giade,
in a statement said the
command had no hand in the
accident.

Some of the victims have since
been buried in accordance with
Islamic rites while some of the
injured, who were mainly
women and children, have been
treated and discharged from
the hospitals as at the time of
filing this report on Thursday.