The Unit Commandant, Federal Road Safety Corp, Zaria Command, Abubakar Tatah Murabus, on Tuesday, confirmed that 11 persons died in a road accident along the Zaria-Kaduna highway on Saturday afternoon.
While confirming the number of deaths to newsmen, Abubakar noted that the dead persons have been moved to a morgue.
He explained that the accident occurred when a Toyota Carina car, with registration number KTL 251QG, lost control around Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, and somersaulted after hitting the median barrier.
“The accident occurred on Saturday afternoon around 2 pm along Tariyar Sarki near Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria,” he said.
According to him, the FRSC had warned drivers severally to desist from the habit of overloading passengers.
He said the five-seater car travelling from Kaduna to Bakori in Katsina State, was loaded with 11 persons.
“This is why we warn drivers to desist from the habit of overloading passengers.
“You can imagine this car, which was meant to carry five people including the driver had instead carried eleven persons, and the driver was said to be over-speeding despite the number of people in the car,” he said.
He gave the name of the driver as Musa Iliyasu.
