Tanker kills five children in Gombe
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
Five children from the same family died in Gombe, Nigeria, after a tanker hit the commercial tricycle taking them to school. Three other children were injured and hospitalised, Federal Road Safety Corps local official Samson Kaura confirmed, according to the Daily Post.
A tanker collided on Tuesday morning with a commercial tricycle carrying five children from the same family to school in Gombe, north-eastern Nigeria, killing all five and injuring three others, the Daily Post reports. The accident happened near Kanady Academy, in the Government Reserved Area of the city.
The victims, identified as Maryam, Usman, Hauwau, Aliyu and Fatima Mansir Adamu, were in different school year groups. The three injured children were taken to hospital. The Federal Road Safety Corps’ Gombe regional commander, Samson Kaura, confirmed the accident and said officers had gone to the hospital to establish the number of casualties.
Gombe State Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya offered his condolences to the family and the Jekadafari community. In a statement sent by his director-general for press affairs, Ismaila Uba Misilli, he urged drivers to exercise caution. The accident comes a few days after a pile-up killed seven people and injured 11 in Kumo, in the same state.
