The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of three persons, while 15 others were injured in an auto crash in Takai Local Government Area.
This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen its spokesperson, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Sunday in Kano.
He said the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon, giving the names of the deceased as Sani Isah, 28, Shamawilu Isah, 30, and Musa Yusuf, 32.
This is as three other people died in an accident that occurred on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday.
Abdullahi said , “We received an emergency from our station at Takai at about 01:14p.m from one, Muhammad Adamu, that a Hummer bus had been engulfed by fire.
“On receiving the information, we quickly sent out our rescue team to the scene at about 01:18p.m to put out the fire.
“On arrival, we found out that it was a commercial (hummer bus) conveying 15 people, without registration number, coming from Kano.
”It had a head-on collision a with Toyota Hilux conveying three persons coming from Jigawa, with registration number, JMK 142 XA”, he said.
Abdullahi said the hummer bus was engulfed by fire.
He added : “Out of the 18 people involved, 15 people were rescued alive sustain minor injuries, while three out of the passengers from the hummer bus were rescued unconscious.
“We immediately conveyed both thee deceased and the injured persons to Takai general hospital where doctors on duty confirmed the three victims who were unconscious dead.”
Abdullahi said the three victims confirmed dead were: Sani Isah, 28, Shamawilu Isah, 30, and Musa Yusuf, 32.
He said the cause of the incident was dangerous driving.
Meanwhile, the Sunday accident happened when a Toyota Matrix rammed into a truck on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The incident reportedly occurred at 5:50 pm around Oniworo area of the highway on Sunday.
It was further gathered that the Toyota Matrix marked WWD621AE had suffered a tyre burst and rammed into the Howo Sino truck.
The Spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun State, Florence Okpe, said, “Nine persons were involved in the crash, three died while four others sustained injuries.
“The suspected causes of the crash were tyre burst and speeding on the part of the Toyota Matrix driver, who lost control of the wheels after a tyre burst and rammed on the truck.
“The injured victims were taken to Victory Hospital Ogere for medical attention, while the corpses were deposited at the FOS Morgue in Isara.”
