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Fatal Accident Kills 20 On Abuja Kaduna Expressway Sunday Night As Driver Makes Unsafe U-Turn
January 29, 2018 – Fatal Accident Kills 20 On Kaduna Abuja Expressway Sunday Night As Driver Makes Unsafe U-Turn
Twenty people died in a fatal crash along Kaduna-Abuja expressway last night.
Kaduna state FRSC Sector Commander Umar Ibrahim said in Kaduna today that the accident occurred around 7 p.m. at Dutse U-turn, 22 kilometres from Kaduna metropolis.
He said the accident involved a white DAF articulated vehicle with registration number: AJG118XA and a white Toyota HAICE bus with registration number: XA866MLF.
He said that the 16-seater bus was overloaded with 30 passengers, 29 males and a female going to the southern part of the country.
According to him, the accident occurred when the truck that was coming from Abuja axis was trying to make a u-turn at Dutse when the bus coming from Kaduna axis rammed into it, killing 17 people instantly.
“Ten others sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital by an FRSC official, where three of them also died.”
The sector commander said that the truck was going to evacuate cows from a broken down truck closed to the accident scene.
He said that the number of the death was this high because the bus was extremely overloaded.
“The bus was not only overloaded with passengers but also choked with dismembered motorcycles belonging to the passengers, “he said.
He said that the accident caused a trafficking gridlock that lasted for about four hours, saying, “we had to divert traffic to single lane before we were able to clear the wreckage and allow free flow of traffic.”
An eye witness, Kabiru Mohammed, said that he was on his way to Abuja when he came across the accident.
“Initially I thought it was armed robbery in progress, because I saw motorists turning back and taking the other lane, before I saw the articulated vehicle by the u-turn that obstructed traffic.
“On getting there after I took the other lane, I saw a lot of people laying dead, while FRSC officials were trying to take the injured to the hospital.
“It was really a terrible sight, “Mohammed said.
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K
January 29, 2018 at 4:04 PM
Nigeria has to improve their driving standard. This is very sad. So long as one can move a car he is a driver. Error.
In western countries people take driving theory exams, driving lessons, practical exams, before you can get on the road as a qualified driver with an excellent grade. It’s like it’s own school with every one on record.
Nigeria people look out for vehicles, but it’s the other way round in the UK
J. B. Hunter
January 29, 2018 at 4:53 PM
OH NOOO!!! What a wastage of precious lives?
All because of some carelessness and the rush to go get some Cows.
It could have been far better to have a million Cows die than for 1 person to die let alone 20pers.
Its so so painful. So so sad.
May their souls rest in peace.
I take a stroll…
fifelomo
January 29, 2018 at 6:24 PM
SAD! Someone’s negligence leads to the death of so many people. Rip.