A ghastly accident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Rimin Gata in Ungoggo Local Government Area of Kano State.
The ghastly accident was said to have occurred between a tipper farkas and a golf car and involved ten passengers, with five of them dead and the other five injured but still alive and had been rushed to the hospital for treatments.
The information was confirmed by the Kano State Fire Service Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Muhammad Saidu. The PRO identified the victims of the ghastly accident that were in the hospital but said they were yet to identify the dead victims.
Speaking on the accident, the PRO said, “We received a rescue call from Rimin Gata Ungoggo local government at 07:18 am through Malam Usman Aminu Iguda. We sent our rescue team and found out that it was an accident between a Tipper Farkas with reg. No. QF 435NSH and a Golf car with reg. No.KMC 828ZV.
“Ten people were involved, five were rescued alive by Names Hadiza Garba of 45years, Amiru Amadu of 30years, Ibrahim Abubakar of 40years, Tasi’u Sabon of 50years and Ibrahim Isah of 30yrs, while five with unknown names were rescued unconscious. The victims were taken to Murtala Muhammad Hospital.”