No fewer than six people on Saturday, lost their lives in an auto crash at Sabuwar Gwaram village along Bauchi-Alkaleri road.
The Head of Operations, Federal Road Safety Corps, Bauchi Sector
Command, Deputy Corp Commander Ibrahim Abubakar, who confirmed the
incident to DAILY POST in a telephone interview on Monday, said the two
vehicles involved in the accident were a Toyota Camry and a Volkswagen
Golf Car.
He said that the accident was caused by over-speeding.
According to him: “The accident, which occurred last Saturday at
about 10.55am at Sabuwar Gwaram along Alkaleri-Bauchi road, involved two
vehicles. The two vehicles are a Toyota Camry with number plate AT 401
JJN and a Volkswagen Golf Car with number plate AB 776 AKK.
“The driver of the Volkswagen Golf Car in the process of trying to
avoid a pothole, lost control and had a head-on collision with the other
car, the Toyota Camry.
” We got a call and our men rushed to the scene of the accident and
evacuated the victims to the hospital. Six people in the two vehicles,
two females and four males were confirmed death by a Medical Doctor.”
Abubakar called on drivers to obey traffic regulations especially during the ember months.
“I call on motorists to be more careful on the road and observe
traffic regulations. They should avoid excessive speeding which is a
major cause of accidents on the highways.
“This call is very important especially at this period of the ember
months where there is a high volume of vehicles on the highways. If they
do this, road traffic crashes which lead to loss of lives and
properties will be reduced to the barest minimum,” he stated.