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Careless Driver Crushes Family Of Four To Death In Jigawa
Four family members were fatally crushed by a commercial vehicle in Jigawa State’s Babura Local Government Area.
On Sunday night, May 22, 2023, a car struck the motorcycle that was carrying the victims.
On Monday, May 22, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, or NSCDC, in Jigawa State, released a press release confirming the occurrence.
“A fatal accident occurred yesterday, Sunday, May 21, at around 5 pm in Babura Town, along Babura-Gumel Road, and four people died on the spot.”
The tragedy reportedly occurred when the driver of the commercial vehicle, Hamisu Ahmed, travelling to Gumel at high speed, hit the victims, who were on a motorcycle on the way to their village, Kolori.
The victims, identified as 45-year-old Gambo Mutari, his 25-year-old wife, Fiddausi Abdullah, his mother-in-law, Hauwa Maigari, and their two-year-old child, were rushed to the Babura General Hospital and confirmed dead.
The deceased have been buried according to Islamic injunctions.
