2 dead, 30 injured in multiple fatal accident in Bauchi

Bauchi State Sector Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that two people died while 30 others were variously injured in a fatal accident.

According to an RTC traffic accident report from RS 12.14, Toro Unit Command, the crash involved three vehicles converging at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Miyabarkate along the Toro-Jos axis of the always-busy Bauchi-Jos Federal Highway.

The three vehicles involved in the fatal accident are a Toyota Carina E license plate YAB427HW, a Corolla license plate APP754AE, both private and commercial Toyota Hiace bus license plate YDB953AA with probable cause of RTC for speed limit violation (SPV).

32 people, consisting of 27 male adults and five female adults, were involved in the crash, of which 30 consisting of 25 male adults, 5 female adults were injured in various ways while 2 people, all male adults, were killed.

The injured victims and the corpses were evacuated and taken to Toro General Hospital for treatment and deposited in the morgue while PMI AD Bwala led the rescue operation and cleared the obstacles from the crime scene to allow the free flow of traffic .

Meanwhile Yusuf Abdullahi, Bauchi State Sector Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps, (FRSC), has suggested that governments at all levels in the country should set up stop parks in remote locations to monitor road fatality rates.

He said that in the parks, drivers, especially those on long journeys, will be forced to always stop to rest to regain strength, stamina and mental alertness to continue the journey.

He believed that fatigue and loss of mental alertness and the leading causes of road fatalities leading to deaths are normally avoidable with just a little caution.

Abdullahi, speaking to our correspondent, also suggested introducing monitor cards in all parks across the country to monitor the speed of drivers and ensure they are driving within the approved speed limits.

According to him, “the time when the driver will enter his departure time from the park and by the time he reaches the next rest park will be checked and compared to the time of departure, that will reveal the speed at which he had been drifting.”

He said: “He is expected to cover 100 km in no less than 1 hour, anytime less than that is an indication that he was too fast.”

Abdullahi added that “such a driver will be held in the park for a certain amount of time so that he can be slowed down and kept within the recommended speed limit. When this is in place, the carnage on our roads will lessen.”