BREAKING: 19 passengers die in Kaduna-Abuja road crash
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Mar 22, 2021
Now fewer than nineteen (19) passengers were on Sunday killed in an accident along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway.
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The Nation gathered that the DAF trailer involved in the accident was said to be heading for Kano from Lagos when the incident happened.
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The Kaduna state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, the accident, which happened late Sunday evening, involved a commercial DAF trailer.
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He explained the accident was "caused by a combination of speeding, and an exploding tyre, leading to a loss of control, which caused the vehicle to veer into the bush."
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Aruwan explained that 53 people were involved in the crash; 16 of them died on the spot, with three others confirmed dead later.
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