Fifteen persons have died in a road accident involving two buses on the Maiduguri-Damaturu road on Friday, the Borno Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Sanusi Ibrahim, has confirmed.
Ibrahim said in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, that the accident occurred near Mainok village of Kaga Local Government Area.
He said the remains of the accident victims were taken to the General Hospital Beneshiek, the headquarters of Kaga local government.
“I just got the report from our unit in Beneshiek that two sharon buses carrying 15 passengers including the drivers were involve in a fatal collision and that all the 15 people in the two buses died. It involved seven males and eight females” Ibrahim said.
He said the driver of one of the buses lost control following a burst tyre leading to the collision.
Ibrahim urged motorists to always observe speed limit and other road safety regulations to minimise such fatal accidents.
