Three die in road accident, 15 injured

The Kano State Fire Service on Sunday confirmed the death of three persons, and 15 other persons injured  in a road accident in Takai Local Government Area.

The Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, in a statement on Sunday in Kano, disclosed that the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon.

Abdullahi narrated: “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.”

Abdullahi further narrated: “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 identified the three victims confirmed dead as Sani Isah, 28, Shamawilu Isah, 30, and Musa Yusuf, 32.

The Public Relations Officer noted that accident was caused by dangerous driving. He urged motorists to always drive with caution to avoid unforeseen circumstances.