Tag: CRASH

2 killed, 6 injured in Gombe multiple auto-crashes

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed two persons dead and six others injured in three separate car crashes that occurred along Gombe by-pass towards Pantami community on Friday. The Corps Commander of the FRSC, Gombe State Command, Felix Theman, stated this in an interview on Saturday. Theman said the suspected causes of the accidents which involved one truck, one vehicle and one motorcycle were overloading, speeding and faulty vehicle. According to him, those that sustained various degrees of injury had been taken to health centres for medical care, while…

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At least 18 people killed as 2 buses collide in Ghana

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

At least 18 people were killed when two buses collided on an expressway in northern Ghana, the Police said on Wednesday. Some 45 others were injured in the accident near Sawaba town in Central Gonja District, the Regional Police spokesman, Owusu Agyekum, said. Initial investigations into the cause of the accident indicated that one of the drivers might have fallen asleep at the wheel, according to Agyekum. Traffic accidents are common in the West African nation and are often caused by poor infrastructure, lack of vehicle maintenance or reckless driving.

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Ebonyi fatal auto crash claims 3 Police officers

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Three police officers with the Ebonyi Police Command were killed on Wednesday in a road accident at the Isieke Junction on Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway. The State Commissioner of Police, Garba Aliyu, who confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with some journalists, said that 10 other police officers sustained injuries. “Yes, I am in the hospital now, we lost three officers while 10 others are under intensive care in the hospital,“ he said. According to Garba, the accident happened while the officers were returning from a “peace-keeping-mission” after a communal crisis in…

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