SELYA YANAP, Bauchi
Ten Police personnel of the Rapid Response on the convoy of Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State were involved in an auto crash that occurred in Burga Village of Tafawa Balewa local government area of the state.
The accident happened on Monday afternoon when the Governor was on an inspection tour of ongoing projects across the state, plied the 62km Burga-Yelwan Duguri-Alkaleri road project to ascertain its level of completion.
It was gathered that the vehicle, a Toyota Hilux pick-up van, RRS 3 lost control and somersaulted as a result of the dust raised by by the road which is currently under construction in the area.
There was a sigh of relief as no loss of lives was recorded at the accident scene, some of the personnel were injured with one of them was said to be unconscious, they were all rushed to the nearby hospital in Bununu, the Tafawa Balewa local government headquarters, for first aid medical treatment from where the badly injured were referred to Bauchi for more medical attention.
The driver of the vehicle had 10 Policemen and in the process of overtaking other vehicles in order to get to the front when he lost control and skidded off the road.
The Governor’s vehicle and most of the top government officials had gone far when the incident happened. So, they could not stop to offer any helping hand in the rescue mission.
Immediately the accident occurred, the vehicle conveying journalists and other vehicles in the convoy stopped and participated in the rescue mission of the victims of the crash.
