Bus crushes Pregnant woman, four others to death in Yobe

Five persons including a pregnant woman, have lost their lives in a fatal autocrash in Yobe state.

19 others were also injured when an 18-seater commercial Bus marked KTG 283 XA rammed into the passersby at the ever busy Damagum market in the State.

State’s Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Livinus Yilzoom, who confirmed the tragic incident to newsmen in Damaturu, the state capital, said the pedestrian victims were closing from the market when the accident occoured.

Yilzoom explained that that the investigation revealed that speed limit violation and loss of control were the immediate causes of the crash.

“Note that five persons who died were not occupants of the vehicle, rather, they were pedestrians who were by the roadside waiting to cross.

“The driver, in trying to avoid the pedestrian ran into five persons who were killed as he lost control due to the speed he was travelling. So, far 19 persons were injured and five killed,” he said.

According to the Commander, the injured victims were immediately rushed to Damagum General Hospital for medical treatment.