{"id":150348,"date":"2025-02-14T22:22:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T21:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/frsc-confirms-death-toll-rises-to-16-in-kano-trailer-accident"},"modified":"2025-02-14T22:22:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T21:22:45","slug":"frsc-confirms-death-toll-rises-to-16-in-kano-trailer-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/frsc-confirms-death-toll-rises-to-16-in-kano-trailer-accident","title":{"rendered":"FRSC confirms death toll rises to 16 in Kano trailer accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced that the death toll from the trailer accident in Kano has risen to 16.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Relations Officer of the FRSC Kano State Command, Abdullahi Labaran, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He explained that the accident occurred on Thursday night at the Muhammadu Buhari flyover in the Hotoro area of Kano.<\/p>\n<p>According to Abdullahi, the crash was caused by excessive speed, which led the driver to lose control of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The trailer was carrying 71 passengers at the time of the accident. Sixteen people died, while 52 others sustained injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The injured victims have been taken to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital for medical attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced that the death toll from the trailer accident in Kano has risen to 16. The Public Relations Officer of the FRSC Kano State Command, Abdullahi Labaran, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He explained that the accident occurred on Thursday night at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":150347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[1214,372,254],"class_list":["post-150348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-frsc","tag-kano","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FRSC confirms death toll rises to 16 in Kano trailer accident - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/frsc-confirms-death-toll-rises-to-16-in-kano-trailer-accident\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FRSC confirms death toll rises to 16 in Kano trailer accident\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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