Ghastly accident claims family of 7

A ghastly motor accident has killed a family of seven on the Katsina-Kano road, northwest Nigeria. The dead were all members of Alhaji Abashe Sarkin-kasuwa, of Kankia Local Government Area of the state.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Police Command in the state, Aminu Sadiq, told journalists that the accident happened on Saturday at about 8 p.m at Lambar-Rimi town.

Sadiq, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), added that the accident occurred when a Peugeot car from Katsina and a Honda Civic car coming from Kano had a head-on collision.

He added that five persons died on the spot, while two infants later died and four others sustained various degrees of injuries.

“They (those who sustained injuries) were rushed to the Katsina General Hospital for medical treatment,’’ the PPRO said.

Sadiq who said the police were investigating the cause of the accident advised motorists to always obey traffic rules and regulations to reduce road accidents.

The dead have been buried according to Islamic rites in Kankia, their home town.