15 people lost their
lives in Adamawa on Sunday when a truck carrying cows and passengers lost
control on a bridge and fell into the drying river.
The Adamawa Sector
Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the figure in Yola
on Monday.
Adetunji said that the
accident occurred at about 10p.m. on the Ngurore Bridge on Yola-Numan Road.
He said that before the
arrival of FRSC personnel at the scene, the victims had been evacuated to the
Federal Medical Centre, Yola, and Specialists Hospital, Yola.
Adetunji said that the
numbers of injured persons had yet to be ascertained.
"I received a call
at about 22:00hours on Sunday that there was a crash on Ngurore Bridge on
Yola-Numan Highway.
"On arrival at the
scene, we discovered that it was a truck carrying cows and passengers that lost
control and fell into the drying river," the commander told NAN.
According to him, six
dead bodies were deposited at the Federal Medical Centre and nine at the
Specialists Hospital.
He advised motorists to
shun night driving as well as avoid transporting human beings and animals in
the same vehicle.
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