At least 10 persons died on Saturday in accident on Jama’are Road in Azare Local Government Area of Bauchi State while 12 others sustained injuries.
The tragedy involved a Gombe State Mass Transit Bus and a commercial motorcycle and occurred around 3.00pm.
The Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Bauchi State Sector Command, Yusuf Abdullahi, who confirmed the accident to the Nation on phone said out of the ten casualties, four were on motorcycle while six were passengers of the Hummer Bus.
He said the Azare Command of the FRSC immediately rushed to the scene for a rescue operation while corpses of the victims were taken to the mortuary at the Federal Medical Center, Azare.
He added that the injured passengers were taken to the new Jama’are clinic for treatment.
“There was a crash this afternoon on Jama’are road in Azare town (Katagum Local Government Area). The accident involved a vehicle belonging to the Gombe line and an okada carrying four people including the rider.
“The okada man crossed the Toyota Hummer Bus and got knocked down.
“Twelve other people sustained varying degrees of injuries. The total number of people involved in the crash are 22, four on the motorcycle and 18 in the Hummer Bus.”