Again, Accident Claims Another Five in Bauchi

Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi

Barely 24 hours after a road accident along Dass – Tafawa Balewa road claimed 8 lives, another fatal accident in Zalanga village of Ganjuwa LGA along Bauchi – Maiduguri highway has claimed five lives instantly. The accident, according to a resident of the village, Adamu Musa occured in the evening of Sunday when a Sharon commercial bus rammed into a trailer conveying charcoal from the bus in the area.

The resident told our Correspondent that the Sharon commercial bus was conveying traders from Darazo who had traveled to Alkaleri for market and were returning home. He told our correspondent that the trailer driver just got on to the road unexpectedly without caution of other road users when the Sharon mini bus rammed into it at the middle. Adamu Musa added that, “there were 10 passengers in the Sharon mini bus out of which 5 people died instantly while others were seriously injured and taken to the Darazo General hospital for treatment”.

He said: “We have been complaining about the activities of these charcoal dealers, they don’t have regards for other road users because their vehicles are trailers and bigger than others. We have lost many people through such accidents. We are calling on the concerned authorities to come to our rescue.

“ While confirming the accident through its daily bulletin, Bauchi State Sector Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) stated that the accident occurred at about 10pm, reported at about 10.23pm while its personnel arrived the scene at about 11pm for rescue and evacuation operations. The bulletin further contained that all the injured and presumed dead were evacuated to Darazo General Hospital for confirmation and medical attention.

 According to FRSC, the Sharon commercial bus has REG NO: DRZ 887 XA on the fleet of the NURTW driven by Isa Mohd while the trailer had no registration number neither is the name of the driver known. It will be recalled that the Sector Commander of the State FRSC, Yusuf Abdullahi has declared that the devil has taken over Bauchi roads killing people through accidents calling on the people to engage in spiritual intervention.