3 killed, 4 injured in fatal road crash in Yobe

Three persons were feared dead and four others sustained various degrees of injuries in a fatal road crash off a military checkpoint in Ngelzarma town in Fune Local Government Area, Yobe state.

The fatal road crash which occurred at about 3pm on Tuesday involved a Golf Wagon and a trailer which led to the death of the three occupants of the golf car including the driver.

The two vehicles had a head-on collision with some eyewitness blaming the golf car driver of approaching the trailer head-on and crushed it, leading to the death of the three passengers with four other sustaining injuries.

The injured passengers were evacuated and taken to the general hospital Damagun including a woman and her baby whose husband is among the dead.

The trailer and the golf car were travelling on different directions. While one was from Kano, the other was going to Maiduguri, Borno state.

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