Not less than 22 persons have been left dead with many others
injured in a ghastly motor accident along Kware-Gwadabawa road in
Sokoto state on Sunday.
The accident involved a truck and a Toyota Sporadic vehicle. The
fatal accident is reported to have occured at around 8pm and one of the
vehicles involved was said to be conveying a newly wedded bride and some
members of her family occurred around 8pm.
According to eyewitness accounts, the truck was coming from Illela
local government area of Sokoto when one of its tyres busted and as such
rammed into the Spora which was coming from Kware local government,
leading to loss of lives, mostly women, children and elderly people.
However, the spokesman of the Sokoto state Sector Command, Aliyu
Kanya said the accident was caused by over speeding and claimed 20 lives
while 12 others including the bride sustained various degrees of
injuries. He said that the injured ones were responding to treatment at
the hospital.
Spokesperson for the State Police Command, Ibrahim Abrass put the
death toll at 22 while 13 sustained injuries. He said that the number of
the death could be more as some of the dead bodies were taken away by
their relatives before the arrival of the police.
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May the soul of those that lost there lives Rest in peace.😢😢😢
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