Auto Crash Kills Five, Injures Nine In Bauchi

Five persons were killed in an auto crash in Bauchi State on Wednesday, the Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed on Thursday.

The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Yusuf Abdullahi, said that nine other persons sustained serious injuries in the accident.

He said that the accident occurred in Nabordo community on the Toro-Bauchi Highway when two vehicles had a head-on collision.

Abdullahi said that it took the FRSC barely 26 minutes to arrive at the scene of the crash to clear the site.

He said the registration numbers of the two vehicles were not available, but that they belonged to Gombe Line and Adamawa Sunshine transport companies.

He described the vehicles as a Toyota Hummer Bus and a Toyota Sienna Bus, and attributed the cause of the crash to dangerous driving and speed violations.

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