Not less than six individuals have died in a deadly highway crash involving a trailer and a Canter truck at Gaba, a group alongside the Potiskum–Damaturu freeway in Yobe State on Thursday.
Eyewitnesses informed our correspondent that the accident occurred when the 2 automobiles collided head-on, allegedly after the Canter truck driver drove in opposition to visitors.
The affect of the crash was described as extreme, leaving each automobiles badly mangled and trapping occupants inside.
Officers of the Federal Highway Security Corps (FRSC), Yobe State Command, have been instantly mobilised to the scene for rescue operations.
LEADERSHIP experiences that as a result of extent of the wreckage, FRSC personnel needed to deploy a crane to raise the wreckage of the trailer as a way to entry trapped victims.
Additionally, 4 occupants of the trailer have been reportedly crushed to demise on the spot, whereas two passengers within the Canter truck additionally misplaced their lives because of the collision. Different occupants of the Canter truck sustained accidents.
The our bodies of the deceased have been deposited at Potiskum Specialist Hospital morgue.
The FRSC has warned motorists to stick strictly to visitors guidelines and keep away from harmful driving, particularly on main highways, to forestall avoidable lack of lives.
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