2 accidents claims 16 lives in Katsina
NAN-HG-1 Lives By Zubairu Idris Katsina, Jan. 26, 2017 (NAN) The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confirmed the death of 16 persons in two separate road accidents in Mani and Kankia Local Government Areas of Katsina State.
Alhaji Abdu Bagadawa, FRSC Sector Commander in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Katsina that the accidents occurred on Wednesday night.
According to him, the first mishap occurred along 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, respectively. (NAN)
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