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Fatal auto crash in Yobe kills 35 travellers, injures many others

By Gift Luckson
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Fatal auto crash in Yobe kills 35 travellers, injures many others
Victims of road accident in Yobe State

Fatal auto crash in Yobe kills 35 travellers, injures many others

Over 35 travellers have reportedly been killed while 28 others were injured in an accident involving a trailer, a bus and a canter truck along Potiskum-Nangere road in Yobe State.

The travellers were on their way to popular Potiskum cattle market when one of the trucks lost control.

An eye witness, Adamu Hassan, told News Point Nigeria that the corpses have been evacuated to Potiskum Specialist Hospital while others are still at the General Hospital, Sabon Garin, Nangere.

Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state are yet to confirm the incident, but its personnel and that of State Emergency Management Agency were sighted in evacuating the victims to nearby health facility.

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