Yobe State Police Command has confirmed that 10 persons have died, while three others sustained injuries in an accident that occurred on Damaturu-Maiduguri road.
Yobe State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),SP Dungus Abdulkarim, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu, yesterday, said that the incident occurred at a security checkpoint in Warsala Town about 10 :am when a truck loaded with cement and passengers hit a car before it plunged into a ditch.
Abdulkarim said that of the 13 passengers on the trailer; 10 died instantly while three others sustained injures.
He said the injured had been conveyed to Specialist Hospital, Damaturu,for treatment.
The PPRO said that investigation revealed that the truck allegedly lost control and rammed into a car at the checkpoint before it made way into the ditch.
He said the car driver, who was alone in the car, survived the accident unhurt, but the car was damaged.