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Tragic Auto Crash Kills 10 Relatives Returning From Wedding In Kaduna
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Ten relatives have been killed while returning from a wedding in Kaduna.
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The tragic incident happened on Sunday around 5pm.
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According to reports, the car crashed into a truck that was transporting firewood.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ten family members have lost their lives in a road accident on the Kaduna-Kachia highway while returning from a wedding in Kano State.
It was gathered that the accident happened on Sunday around 5pm when the victims’ vehicle had a head-on collision with a lorry conveying firewood.
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According to Daily Trust, a resident of Kachia, Isiyaku Musa Kachia, said that all the victims were Kano indigenes who resided in Kachia town.
Kachia said, “I knew most of them; they went to their home town in Kano for a wedding and on their way back to Kachia town, the saloon Gulf they were travelling in collided with a lorry conveying firewood and the 10 of them in the car died on the spot.”
He noted that they had all been buried according to Islamic rites in Kachia.
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Sector Commander of Kaduna, Zubairu Mato, who confirmed the incident, attributed it to dangerous overtaking which led to the driver losing control.
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He said the Gulf car was overloaded at the time of the accident and that among the victims were eight men and two boys.
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