The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that five persons were killed while 13 others were injured in a truck accident in Tashan Gona, Billiri LGA of Gombe state. The sector FRSC sector commander in the state, Samson Kaura, said the incident occurred at about 7:20 am. on Easter Monday after a truck laden with grains crashed into worshippers returning from the prayer ground.
Kaura said out of the 18 persons involved in the crash, two male adults and three females were killed, while 10 female adults and three male sustained varying degrees of injuries.
He noted that the accident was caused due to speed violations on the part of the truck driver, adding that the bodies of the deceased have been deposited to a nearby morgue.
Spokesperson of Gombe state police command, Buhari Abdullahi, said angry residents set the truck ablaze, “in an attempt to lynch the driver”, who was rescued by the police.
Abdullahi added that police operatives have restored calm in the area, adding that the truck driver has apprehended.
He said, “For now everything is calm and motorists are now plying the route and there is no cause for panic.”
