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Speeding driver crushes family of four to dəath in Jigawa (Photos below)

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May 23, 2023

A family of four has been crushed to death by a commercial car driver in the Babura Local Government Area of Jigawa State.

The incident happened on Sunday evening, May 22, 2023, when a car hit the motorcycle carrying the victims.

A spokesperson for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Jigawa State, who confirmed the incident in a press statement on Monday, May 22, revealed that the victims included a 45-year-old man, his wife, mother-in-law, and their 2-year-old son.

“A fatal accident occurred yesterday, Sunday, May 21, at around 5 pm in Babura Town, along Babura-Gumel Road, and four people died on the spot.”

The tragedy reportedly occurred when the driver of the commercial vehicle, Hamisu Ahmed, traveling to Gumel at high speed, hit the victims who were on a motorcycle on their way to their village, Kolori.

The victims, identified as 45-year-old Gambo Mutari, his 25-year-old wife Fiddausi Abdullah, his mother-in-law Hauwa Maigari, and their two-year-old child, were rushed to Babura General Hospital and confirmed dead,” the statement read.

The deceased have been buried according to Islamic rites.

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