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Truck Rams Into Workshop In Adamawa State, Kills Six Persons, Injures Dozens

VICTIM
November 10, 2022

Eyewitnesses told SaharaReporters that the truck, also known as articulated vehicle, veered off the road after a tyre burst at the Viniklang junction, near the Jimeta bridge on the outskirts of Yola, the capital city.
 

Six persons have been killed after a truck, conveying laterite sand lost control and rammed into a motorcycle mechanic workshop, in Adamawa State, SaharaReporters has learnt.
Eyewitnesses told SaharaReporters that the truck, also known as articulated vehicle, veered off the road after a tyre burst at the Viniklang junction, near the Jimeta bridge on the outskirts of Yola, the capital city.

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Among those killed was a traffic police officer on duty at the busy junction.
"Isa Usman, a traffic control police officer was the first casualty, the truck hit and smashed his remains before it rammed into the mechanics," an eyewitness, Talatu Addison told SaharaReporters.
Another eyewitness, Drambi Ezra, said, "It was like a horror scene to see the truck crushing mechanics while working on vehicles. I personally counted six crushed bodies on the spot. We evacuated the remains of their bodies into a police van.”
The driver of the truck was said to have escaped and abandoned his vehicle, sparking outrage, as irate youths set the truck ablaze. The fire spread from the vehicle, razing many shops and destroyed an electricity transformer.
As of the time SaharaReporters arrived at the scene, a combined team of policemen, Road Safety marshals, firefighters and Red Cross officials were busy evacuating dead bodies and the injured.
The Spokesperson for the police in Adamawa State, SP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the accident, saying, "One police officer from the Motor Transport Department, Isa Usman, and five others have now been confirmed dead."