A trailer collided with two cars and five motorcycles in Kumo, Gombe State, on Thursday, October 22, killing several people. Accounts citing a Federal Road Safety Corps incident report differ on the death toll.
The crash happened at about 5:30 p.m. at Tashan Magariya Junction on the Gombe–Billiri road in Akko Local Government Area. The vehicles involved were a DAF trailer, two Volkswagen Golf cars and five motorcycles.
Punch and Premium Times reported seven deaths and 11 injuries. Daily Trust reported 11 deaths and said 11 people received first aid. The available accounts do not establish a settled death toll.
According to the incident report cited by the outlets, suspected brake failure caused the trailer driver to lose control while travelling from Gombe towards Yola before striking the other vehicles.
Punch and Premium Times said the seven people recorded as dead in their accounts were four adult men, two boys and a girl. They reported that the injured included four adult men, three adult women and four girls, with fractures, cuts and bruises among the injuries.
Those two accounts said 25 people were involved, but did not explain the condition of the remaining seven.
The FRSC incident report said a distress call was received at 5:32 p.m. and responders reached the scene two minutes later. Victims were taken to the Federal Medical Centre in Kumo for treatment.
The vehicles were handed over to the police Motor Traffic Division in Kumo. The identities of those who died and the latest conditions of the injured were not available in the reports.
Sources: Punch, Daily Trust, Premium Times
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