The Federal Road Safety
Commission has confirmed the deaths of 16 persons in two road accidents in Mani
and Kankia Local Government Areas of Katsina State.
Its Sector Commander in the
state, Alhaji Abdu Bagadawa, on Thursday in Katsina that the accidents occurred
at night on Wednesday.
According to him, the first
occurred on Mani-Katsina road and killed nine passengers, while nine others
were injured.
“The other accident
occurred on Kano-Katsina road at Fanga village in Kankia, killing seven
passengers and leaving 13 others with various degrees of injuries,” he said.
He said that the corpses
and injured persons had been taken to the General Hospitals in Mani and Kankia.
(NAN)
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