Truck tumbles in Kano, kills 120 goats

Truck tumbles in Kano, kills 120 goats

Barely 48 hours after a truck loaded with cows and on its way to Enugu from Wudil in Kano State somersaulted on Maiduguri road flyover in the city, another truck had on Monday tumbled on Zaria road flyover, killing bout 120 goats.

The truck was also conveying some humans and other materials, and according to the Public Relations Officer of the State Fire Service, Saminu Yusif Abudullahi, said several persons sustained varied degrees of injuries.

He explained that they received an emergency call from the DPO of Kwalli Police Division, Muhd Auwal Abubakar, on the accident, and in response firemen from the central, Kantin Kwari and Danladi Nasidi fire stations were deployed to the scene of the accident to assist and do the necessary things.

“A long truck trailer open body with registration number KMC 311 QZ conveyed 90 people, 199 goats and 5 Bajaj motorcycles. The truck fell down on the flyover of Zaria road. The officer-in-charge of the operation informed the control room.

“25 people were rescued unconscious and 49 people managed to escape with serious injuries on their bodies while 17 people were rescued alive without any injury. Thereafter 120 goats died and 79 goats were rescued alive.

“The state fire service, Federal Road Safety Corps, police and other agencies conveyed the victims who were rescued alive to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital for medical attention, while those who are rescued unconscious were conveyed to Abdullahi Wasai Teaching Hospital,” he said.

According to Abdullahi, the cause of the accident was due to speeding.