25 die in auto crash
NO fewer than 25 passengers have been confirmed dead by Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, as a trailer conveying 90 passengers, was yesterday, involved in lone accident. The trailer fell in Dangwaro flyover on Kano-Zaria Road. This came three days after another trailer ran into worshippers, claiming 15 lives in Imawa town, Kura Local Government Area of Kano State on the Kano- Zaria Road. The Kano Sector Commander of the FRSC, Ibrahim Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident, said no fewer than 53 other passengers sustained injuries while 12 others were rescued unhurt. Abdullahi in a statement by his spokesperson, Abdullahi Labaran, attributed the accident involving the trailer (IVECO) with number plate, KMC 311 ZB, to over speeding, which resulted in the loss of control. He warned drivers and motorists against the unsafe practice of transporting animals, goods and human beings concurrently, noting that such practices not only endanger lives but contravene traffic regulations designed ...