Three persons on Saturday were confirmed dead in an auto crash involving a commercial vehicle and a tractor, along Gumel Hadejia road in Jigawa.
SP Abdu Jinjiri, the Police Spokesman in the state, who confirmed the incident, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse that four other persons sustained various degrees of injuries.
Jinjiri said the incident occurred at about 3am, after the commercial vehicle hit the rear of tractor that was moving without rear lights.
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“Today, at about 8am, a report was received by the Police in Kaugama Local Government Area that at about 3am, there was a fatal accident at Arbus Village along Gumel-Hadejia road.
“The accident occurred when Sharon vehicle driver with number plate AE 754 HJA coming from Kano to Hadejia hit an unregistered tractor without rear light…
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