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According to an eyewitness, who spoke with
journalists on Wednesday, the accident occurred
at about 12.30 p.m. The eyewitness also said
that 9 other people had been injured and taken
to the Takai General Hospital.
He said the vehicle, an old model of Ford, was
carrying 34 persons and bags of foodstuffs when
the accident occurred: the vehicle, coming from
Magami Village in Sumaila Local Government
Area of the state, somersaulted and went up in
flames.
The witness said the victims comprised 17
women and children while the rest were men.
"Only the driver and one other passenger
escaped the accident unhurt," he said.
The Sector Commander of FRSC in the state,
Garba Ibrahim, confirmed the number of death
in the accident and the number of the infured
taken to Takai General Hospital for medical
treatment.