Sharon bus skidded off the road at Tudun-Gara
village near Kaura Namoda in Zamfara on Saturday.
Alhaji Muktar Fago, Federal Road Safety
Commission, FRSC’s Unit Commander in the zone,
said the carnage occurred at 6.30 am, about 10
kilometers into Kaura-Namoda/Sokoto road.
Fago said “the accident was caused by burst tyre
and over speeding which made the driver to lose
control and skidded off the road into the bush”.
He said three persons died on the spot while two
others died when FRSC officials were conveying
them to the hospital. “The corpses were deposited
at the Kaura Namoda General Hospital”.
Fago added that five passengers who sustained
various degrees of injuries were taken to Gusau
General Hospital for treatment.
Fago said all those involved in the accident were
Islamic scholars travelling to Niamey in Niger
Republic for the Annual International Preaching in
that country.
Fago advised drivers and other road users to drive
very carefully “especially this season when we
record mass movements and increased religious
activities”. (NAN)
