No fewer than 19 people have been confirmed dead in an auto crash that occurred at Dinyar Madiga village, few kilometers from Takai town of Kano State. Confirming the incident, FRSC Sector Commander, Kano State Sector Command, Zubairu Mato, said the accident occurred at 6:10pm on Sunday, in which four vehicles were involved.
He further explained that the vehicles involved were; a bus belonging to Kano line mass transit, a Sharon car, a Golf car and a Honda civic car.
“A total of 19 people died, 14 male adults, 3 female adults and 2 male children while 7 were injured, and the probable cause of the crash was as a result of over speeding and dodging of potholes,” he said.
He said the Corpses and injured had been conveyed to Takai General hospital by FRSC’s rescue team from Wudil unit Command.
